Summary
Place of publication:
Rar. Lig. pl. 3:60. 1810
Verified:
06/08/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
- Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
- Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:124.
- Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 173.
- Nichols, P. et al. 2010. Domestication of new Mediterranean annual pasture legumes. Sustainable use of genetic diversity in forage and turf breeding. 2010 2:137-141.
- Small, E. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Trifolieae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
- Vincent, J. M. 1941. Serological studies of the root-nodule bacteria. I. Strains of Rhizobium meliloti. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 66(3-4):145-154.
Common names
English
sphere medic – French
luzerne à fruits sphérique –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Italy
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Animal food | forage | | Nichols, P. et al. 2010. Domestication of new Mediterranean annual pasture legumes. Sustainable use of genetic diversity in forage and turf breeding. 2010 2:137-141. |
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=22891.
Accessed 18 July 2025.