Pisum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to southwest Asia and northeast Africa. It contains one to five species, depending on taxonomic interpretation; the International Legume Database (ILDIS) accepts three species, one with two subspecies: * (syn. P. sativum subsp. abyssinicum) * * Pisum sativum - pea * Pisum sativum subsp. elatius (syn. P. elatius, P. syriacum) * Pisum sativum subsp. sativum Pisum sativum (the field or garden pea) is a major human food crop (see pea and split pea).