Lathyrus formosus

Lathyrus formosus is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is an herbaceous perennial which grows primarily in high mountain areas on shale or rocky ground in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and the Caucasus.^[3][2][4]

Lathyrus formosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Lathyrus
Species:	L. formosus
Binomial name
Lathyrus formosus (Steven) Kenicer (2021)[1]
Varieties[2]
Lathyrus formosus var. formosus (Stev.) Al. Fed. Lathyrus formosus var. pubescens Townsend
Synonyms[1]
Lathyrus frigidus Schott & Kotschy (1856) Orobus formosus Steven (1813) Orobus formosus var. microphyllus Ser. (1825) Pisum aucheri Jaub. & Spach (1842) Pisum formosum (Steven) Alef. (1861) Pisum formosum var. pubescens C.C.Towns. (1967 publ. 1968) Pisum frigidum Alef. (1860) Vavilovia aucheri Fed. (1939) Vavilovia formosa (Steven) Fed. (1939)

The species was described as Orobus formosus in 1812, and has been known by several other names until being reclassified as Lathyrus formosus in 2021.^[1][5][6] The synonym Vavilovia was named after the Russian geneticist, economic botanist, and plant geographer, Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov.^[3]