Vicia lens subsp. lens

Native to:

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Albania, Algeria, Altay, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, France, Galápagos, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Italy, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Marianas, Maryland, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, New Guinea, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Palestine, Portugal, Rodrigues, Romania, Réunion, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

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