Taxon:  Vicia faba L. var. equina St.-Amans



Summary
Genus:
Vicia
Subgenus:
Vicia
Section:
Faba
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Fabeae
Nomen number:
41483
Place of publication:
Fl. agen. 296.  1821 (C. H. Persoon, Syn. pl. 2:308.  1807 "β equina")
Comment:
fide Greuter (1968 and pers. comm. via e-mail on 4 Aug 2014) the taxa preceded by Greek letters in Persoon's work should be treated as unranked
Verified:
08/04/2014 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
16 (15  active, 15  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Vicia faba L. (336 active accession[s])
Vicia faba L. var. faba (32 active accession[s])
Vicia faba L. var. minuta (hort. ex Alef.) Mansf. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Vicia faba L. subsp. equina (Pers.) Schübl. & G. Martens
Vicia faba L. var. minor Peterm.

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Conservation Status
WGR – WGR NGB GRL
Reference(s)
  1. Allkin, R. et al. 1986. Names and synonyms of species and subspecies in the Vicieae: issue 3. Vicieae Database Project 7:54. Note: lists as "Vicia baba" var. equina Pers.
  2. Greuter, W. 1968. Notulae nomenclaturales et bibliographicae, 3. Considérations sur les taxons infraspécifiques et sur leur désignation. Candollea 23:90-92. Note: all Greek-lettered taxa in Persoon's work are to be considered equivalent, and their rank (var. or subsp.) is ambiguous (i.e., the taxa are unranked)
  3. Hanelt, P. 1972. Die infraspezifische Variabilitet von Vicia faba L. und ihre Gliederung. Kulturpflanze 20:108. Note: lists as "Vicia baba" var. equina Pers.
  4. Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. Note: lists as "Vicia baba" var. equina Pers.
  5. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  6. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  7. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: lists as "Vicia baba" var. equina Pers.
  8. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: mentions
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English field-bean 1 Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: mentions
English horse-bean 1 Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: mentions
French fève à cheval 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: lists as "Vicia baba" var. equina Pers.
German Pferdebohne 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: lists as "Vicia baba" var. equina Pers.
Portuguese faveira 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: lists as "Vicia baba" var. equina Pers.
Spanish haba cabalar 2 Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: mentions
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41483. Accessed 1 May 2025.