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Vetches

Vicia

Vicia is a genus of about 140 species of flowering plants that are part of the legume family (Fabaceae), and which are commonly known as vetches. Member species are native to Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Africa. Some other genera of their subfamily Faboideae also have names containing "vetch", for example the vetchlings (Lathyrus) or the milk-vetches (Astragalus). The broad bean (Vicia faba) is sometimes separated in a monotypic genus Faba; although not often...

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Vicia subgen. Cracca

subgenusCracca

Vicia subgen. Vicia

subgenusVicia

Bush Vetch

speciesVicia sepium

Vicia sect. Ervoides

sectionErvoides

slender vetch

speciesVicia ludoviciana

Vicia sect. Ervum

sectionErvum

giant vetch

speciesVicia gigantea

Large yellow vetch

speciesVicia grandiflora

Carolina Vetch

speciesVicia caroliniana

spring vetch

speciesVicia lathyroides

Fourleaf Vetch

speciesVicia acutifolia

bithynian vetch

speciesVicia bithynica

False Sainfoin

speciesVicia onobrychioides

branching-flowered vetch

speciesVicia ramuliflora

Lentils

sectionLens

Pale Vetch

speciesVicia oroboides

many-stem vetch

speciesVicia multicaulis

Great Wood-vetch

speciesVicia dumetorum

Mediterranean Vetch

speciesVicia monantha

showy vetch

speciesVicia pulchella

biennial vetch

speciesVicia biennis

Pygmyflower Vetch

speciesVicia minutiflora

Black Vetch

speciesVicia nigricans

Florida Vetch

speciesVicia floridana

Vicia sosnowskyi

speciesVicia sosnowskyi

Vicia dalmatica

speciesVicia dalmatica

ribbed vetch

speciesVicia costata

Vicia crocea

speciesVicia crocea

Vicia balansae

speciesVicia balansae

Vicia subvillosa

speciesVicia subvillosa

Vicia abbreviata

speciesVicia abbreviata

Vicia galeata

speciesVicia galeata

Early Vetch

speciesVicia lunata

Andean vetch

speciesVicia andicola

Ohwi's vetch

speciesVicia ohwiana

Cretan Vetch

speciesVicia cretica

pale yellow-white vetch

speciesVicia ochroleuca

Magellanic vetch

speciesVicia magellanica

Vicia aphylla

speciesVicia aphylla

Vicia alpestris

speciesVicia alpestris

Hasse vetch

speciesVicia hassei

Vicia sericocarpa

speciesVicia sericocarpa

Vicia ciliatula

speciesVicia ciliatula

Vicia cassia

speciesVicia cassia

Vicia altissima

speciesVicia altissima

Vicia scandens

speciesVicia scandens

Vicia tsydenii

speciesVicia tsydenii

Vicia hulensis

speciesVicia hulensis

Vicia cypria

speciesVicia cypria

Cusped Vetch

speciesVicia cuspidata

bright vetch

speciesVicia glauca

Vicia olchonensis

speciesVicia olchonensis

Vicia esdraelonensis

speciesVicia esdraelonensis

Vicia sicula

speciesVicia sicula

grass-like vetch

speciesVicia graminea

Vicia vicioides

speciesVicia vicioides

two-leaflet vetch

speciesVicia bijuga

Vicia sinogigantea

speciesVicia sinogigantea

bristly-leafed vetch

speciesVicia setifolia

Vicia vicina

speciesVicia vicina

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