Talk:Cowpea

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This page is where it should be, there is no such thing as a cowbean. I forgot to get cow bean deleted when I made the move --nixie 23:08, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Anonymous note and references moved from Vigna

Note: Vigna unguiculata is a controversial species, however, based on the taxonomy in 4 (out of 5) references below (supported by hundreds of taxonomists) the black-eyed pea is not ssp. dekindtiana but V. unguiculata ssp. unguiculata. "dekindtiana" refers to a wild subspecies. If the editors disagree with this view they should remove some of the references / links below. I am not completely familiar with the American vernacular but I wonder if "Cowpea", "Black-eyed pea", and "Southern pea" should not be under the same botanical name. Given that they are neither the catjang type nor the yardlong type, nor presumably the wild type, they can only be ssp. unguiculata. It is likely that one needs to go below the subspecific level in order to resolve the disagreements on taxonomy. The USDA ARS GRIN site provides plenty of photographs of flowers and seeds that will convince anyone that this is an extremely complex problem.