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Lathyrus japonicus

Flowering Plants

Lathyrus japonicus, known as the sea pea, beach pea, circumpolar pea or sea vetchling, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to temperate coastal areas of the Northern Hemisphere, and also occurs in Argentina. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 3
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Scientific Name
Lathyrus japonicus 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Lathyrus, Taxa
Source Lathyrus japonicus (Wikidata)
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Belgium

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Denmark

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Finland

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France

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Germany

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Iceland

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Ireland

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Japan

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Manchuria

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North America

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Norway

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Poland

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Sources
1. Lathyrus japonicus (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Lathyrus japonicus, the sea pea, beach pea, circumpolar pea or sea vetchling, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to temperate coastal areas of the Northern Hemisphere, and Argentina.
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 362772
    The leaves of the plant are used in Chinese traditional medicine. *
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    Lathyrus japonicus, the sea pea, beach pea, circumpolar pea or sea vetchling, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to temperate coastal areas of the Northern Hemisphere, and Argentina.
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2. Lathyrus japonicus (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q21125 (P225 taxon name)
  • Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q21125
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Lathyrus, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q157209 (Lathyrus)
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3. NatureServe Explorer: Lathyrus japonicus
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Fabales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12426
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12426
"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Fabales","family":null},"synonyms":[{"id":39606,"full_name":"Guilandina","author_year":"L.","rank":"GENUS"}],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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