Vicia sativa L aggregate (Fabaceae) in the flora of former USSR

Morphological differences and ecogeographical characteristics of five species from Vicia sativa agg. in the area of former USSR were investigated. The key to V. sativa agg. species and subspecies as well as maps of their areals are presented. A complementary study of polymorphism at the phenotypical level of 58 local weedy and wild populations from different geographical regions was conducted to determine areas with higher variability of morphological characters used for intraspecific taxonomy and cultivar identification. The regions of greatest interest for curators and collectors of V. sativa agg. germplasm are some regions of Transcaucasus (Nagornyi Karabakh, Talysh range, Lenkoran valley) and South of Crimea.