Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Fabales > Family Fabaceae > Tribe Vicieae > Genus Lathyrus

Lathyrus japonicus Willd.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lathyrus*	L.	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lathyrus aleuticus*	(Greene) Pobed.	homotypic synonym
*Lathyrus japonicus var. aleuticus*	(T. G. White) Fernald	synonym
*Lathyrus japonicus var. pellitus*	Fernald	synonym
*Lathyrus maritimus var. aleuticus*	T. G. White	synonym

Children

Lathyrus japonicus subsp. maritimus (L.) P. W. Ball
Lathyrus japonicus Willd. subsp. japonicus

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Beach Pea; Sea Pea sources: Import from ILDIS 2010

French: Gesse Maritime sources: Import from ILDIS 2010

German: Strand-Platterbse sources: Import from ILDIS 2010

Russian: China Yaponskaya

Literature

original description	Willdenow. (1802). Species Plantarum. Tomus III. Pars II. 3(2): 851-1474.
basis of record	Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp.
nomenclatural reference	Sp. Pl. 3: 1092. 1802