Vicieae is one of the most important tribe in Faboideae that consists of Vicia, Lathyrus, Lens and Pisum genera. Molecular reassessment of relationships within Vicieae using electrophoretic and immunochemical techniques suggested the classification of Cicer under Vicieae rather than a seperate tribe Cicerideae. To resolve the relationships among some Iranian taxa of this tribe, 19 species of this tribe were analyzed using nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS). Trifolium pratense was used as outgroup. Based on the Maximum Likelihood(ML), Cicer species formed a seperate group and within the Cicer clade, C. spiroceras, C. kermanense and C. oxyodon constitute the unresolved group and showed polytomy. Results presented here provide strong support for a monophyletic Vicieae. Morphological features are supported these data.
