Fig. 1. Distribution of annual wild Cicer (and the wild perennial, C. anatolicum) germplasm held in the world collection. Symbols as follows: C. anatolicum (*), C. bijugum (•), C. chorassanicum (), C. cuneatum (), C. echinospermum (), C. judaicum (), C. pinnatifidum (), C. reticulatum (), C. yamashitae (+). Shaded areas represent the known distribution of annual wild Cicer species and C. anatolicum. The inset shows an enlargement of those areas of West Asia from which the most annual wild Cicer species have been collected.