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Cicer
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| Cicer | |
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| the cultivated annual chickpea Cicer arietinum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Meso-Papilionoideae |
| Clade: | Non-protein amino acid-accumulating clade |
| Clade: | Hologalegina |
| Clade: | Inverted repeat-lacking clade |
| Tribe: | Cicereae Alef. |
| Genus: | Cicer L. |
| Species[1] | |
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45; see text | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nochotta S.G.Gmel. (1774) | |
Cicer is a genus of the legume family, Fabaceae, and the only genus found in tribe Cicereae. It is included within the IRLC, and its native distribution is across the Middle East and Asia. Its best-known and only domesticated member is Cicer arietinum, the chickpea.
- ^ a b Cicer L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
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