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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Pisum''
| image = Doperwt rijserwt bloemen Pisum sativum.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''P. sativum''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Vicieae]]
| genus = '''''Pisum'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Pisum''''' is a genus of the family [[Fabaceae]], native to southwest [[Asia]] and northeast [[Africa]]. It contains one to five species, depending on taxonomic interpretation; the International Legume Database (ILDIS) accepts three species, one with two subspecies [http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/names/npall/npall_567.shtml]:
*''[[Pisum abyssinicum]]'' ([[synonymy|syn.]] ''P. sativum'' subsp. ''abyssinicum'')
*''[[Pisum fulvum]]''
*''[[Pea|Pisum sativum]]'' - Pea
**''Pisum sativum'' subsp. ''elatius'' (syn. ''P. elatius'', ''P. syriacum'')
**''Pisum sativum'' subsp. ''sativum''
''Pisum sativum'' (the field or garden pea), is domesticated and is a major human food crop.
''Pisum'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Bucculatricidae|Bucculatrix pyrivorella]]'', [[Cabbage Moth]], [[Common Swift (moth)|Common Swift]], [[Ghost Moth]], ''[[Hypercompe|Hypercompe indecisa]]'', [[Nutmeg (moth)|The Nutmeg]], [[Setaceous Hebrew Character]] and [[Turnip Moth]].
The ''Pisum sativum'' flower has 5 sepals (fused), 5 petal, 10 anthers (9 are fused ,1 free) and 2 carpels(fused).
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[[Category:Faboideae]]