Medicago brachycarpa Fisch. ex M. Bieb. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Medicago brachycarpa Fisch. ex M. Bieb.

Summary

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Lunatae

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

23561

Place of publication:

Fl. taur.-caucas. 3:517. 1819

Verified:

03/07/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

6 (6 active, 4 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Melilotoides brachycarpa (Fisch. ex M. Bieb.) Sojak
Trigonella brachycarpa (Fisch. ex M. Bieb.) Moris

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Reference(s)

Béna, G. et al. 2005. Medicago - Sinorhizobium symbiotic specificity evolution and the geographic expansion of Medicago. J. Evol. Biol. 18:1547-1558.
Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3274.
Small, E. et al. 1987. An expanded circumscription of Medicago (Leguminosae, Trifolieae) based on explosive flower tripping. Willdenowia 16:433.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Armenia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Azerbaijan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iraq
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Lebanon
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey

Native
Asia-Temperate

CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan
WESTERN ASIA: Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey

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=23561. Accessed 18 July 2025.