Cicer

Cicer

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	*Cicer*

Species

43 species

Cicer is a genus of Fabaceae, the bean family. Its best known member is the Chickpea or Garbanzo bean, C. arietinum, but the genus contains 43 species in two subgenera, Pseudononis and Viciastrum.

External links

Chickpea Taxonomy and Biosystematics

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