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Taxon:  Medicago cancellata M. Bieb.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23562
Place of publication:
Fl. taur.-caucas. 2:226. 1808
Verified:
05/22/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (4  active, 4  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. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
  2. Alfalfa Crop Germplasm Committee. Report on the Status of Medicago Germplasm in the United States. 2000 27.
  3. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  4. Lesin, K. 1970. Interspecific crosses involving alfalfa.V. Medicago saxatilis × M. sativa with reference to M. cancellata and M. rhodopaea. Canad. J. Genet. Cytol. 12:80-86.
  5. Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 120.
  6. Lesins, K. 1961. Interspecific crosses involving alfalfa. II. Medicago cancellata M. Bieb. × M. sativa L. Canad. J. Genet. Cytol. 3:316-324.
  7. McCoy, T. J. & E. T. Bingham. 1988. Cytology and cytogenetics of alfalfa. In A. A. Hanson et al., eds., Alfalfa and alfalfa improvement. Agronomy 29:765.
  8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  9. Pueppke, S. G. & W. J. Broughton. 1999. Rhizobium sp. strain NGR234 and R. fredii USDA257 share exceptionally broad, nested host ranges. Molec. Pl.-Microbe Interact. 12(4):293-318.
  10. Quiros, C. F. & G. R. Bauchan. 1988. The genus Medicago and the origin of the Medicago sativa complex. In A. A. Hanson et al., eds., Alfalfa and alfalfa improvement. Agronomy 29:93-124.
  11. Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3269.
  12. Small, E. et al. 1981. The taxonomic value of floral characters in tribe Trigonelleae (Leguminosae), with special reference to Medicago. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1580.
  13. Small, E. 1981. A numerical analysis of major groupings in Medicago employing traditionally used characters. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1555.
  14. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  15. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationStavropol 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKurgan 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation [Stavropol]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Kurgan]
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
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=23562. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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