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Taxon:  Medicago aculeata Gaertn.

Synonym of Medicago spp.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23550
Place of publication:
Fruct. sem. pl. 2:349, t. 155, fig. 7. 1791
Comment:
an ambiguous name used previously for what is now M. doliata var. muricata
Verified:
11/08/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
45 (27  active, 12  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  2. Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:115.
  3. Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 181.
  4. Pottier-Alapetite, G. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones. 1979-1981
  5. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Common names
Distribution
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=23550. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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