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.

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