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Fam.: Fabaceae / Legumes  

Synon.:  Lens culinaris  MEDIK.

Genus:  Vicia  L.,  Lens  MILL.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   COSS.:  Ernest Saint-Charles Cosson (1819 - 1889), French botanist
   GERM.:  Jacques Nicolas Ernest Germain de Saint-Pierre (1815 - 1882), French botanist
   MEDIK.:  Friedrich Kasimir Medikus ( = Friedrich Casimir Medicus, 1736 - 1808), German physician and botanist
   MILL.:  Philip Miller (1691 - 1771), English gardener
 

Etymology:
   Vicia:   Roman plant name, from vincere = to enwind
   lens:   Roman plant name
   Lens:   Roman plant name
   culinaris:   kitchen
 

Vicia lens / Lentil, I Monti Sibillini 8.6.2007
Fig. 1:  Vicia lens / Lentil (cultiv.)
I Monti Sibillini 8.6.2007
Vicia lens / Lentil, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 4.8.2007
Fig. 2:  Vicia lens / Lentil (cultiv.)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 4.8.2007
Vicia lens / Lentil, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 4.8.2007
Fig. 3:  Vicia lens / Lentil (cultiv.)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 4.8.2007
Vicia lens / Lentil, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 4.8.2007
Fig. 4:  Vicia lens / Lentil (cultiv.)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 4.8.2007
Vicia lens / Lentil, D Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Mainz 4.8.2007
Fig. 5:  Vicia lens / Lentil (cultiv.)
D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 4.8.2007
Vicia lens / Lentil, S Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Uppsala 28.8.2010
Fig. 6:  Vicia lens / Lentil (cultiv.)
S Botan. Gar. Universit. Uppsala 28.8.2010
Vicia lens / Lentil, S Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Uppsala 28.8.2010
Fig. 7:  Vicia lens / Lentil (cultiv.)
S Botan. Gar. Universit. Uppsala 28.8.2010
Vicia lens / Lentil, S Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Uppsala 28.8.2010
Fig. 8:  Vicia lens / Lentil (cultiv.)
S Botan. Gar. Universit. Uppsala 28.8.2010
Vicia lens / Lentil, S Botan. Gar.  Universit.  Uppsala 28.8.2010
Fig. 9:  Vicia lens / Lentil (cultiv.)
S Botan. Gar. Universit. Uppsala 28.8.2010
Vicia lens / Lentil, D Pappenheim 19.6.2014
Fig. 10:  Vicia lens / Lentil (cultiv.)
D Pappenheim 19.6.2014

 


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