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Taxon:  Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. viscosa (Rchb.) Posp.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
104925
Place of publication:
Fl. oesterr. Kustenl. 2(2):357. 1899
Verified:
02/15/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Medicago sativa L. (561 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. tunetana Murb. (12 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. (370 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh. (158 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. (261 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. falcata (L.) Doll (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. glomerata (Balb.) Rouy (30 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa (1687 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medicago procumbens Besser var. viscosa Rchb.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago sativa L. f. viscosa (Rchb.) Urb.
Medicago sativa L. subsp. viscosa (Rchb.) C. R. Gunn

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago falcata L. subsp. glandulosa (W. D. J. Koch) Greuter & Burdet
Medicago falcata L. var. glandulosa W. D. J. Koch
Medicago glandulosa Davidov
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Reference(s)
  1. González-García, J. et al. 2000. Quantitative genetic analysis of erect glandular trichome density in diploid alfalfa. Euphytica 111:61-65.
  2. González-García, J. et al. 2000. Quantitative genetic analysis of erect glandular trichome density in diploid alfalfa. Euphytica 111:61-65.
  3. Small, E. 1986. Taxonomy of glandular wild alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Canad. J. Bot. 64:2127.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Georgia
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=104925. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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