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Taxon:  Medicago caerulea Less. ex Ledeb.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23567
Place of publication:
Fl. ross. 1:526. 1843
Verified:
05/22/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
197 (158  active, 147  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. Gunn, C. R. et al. 1978. Classification of Medicago sativa L. using legume characters and flower colors. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1574:10.
  3. Jensen, H. L. 1942. Nitrogen fixation in leguminous plants. 1. General characters of root-nodule bacteria isolated from species of Medicago and Trifolium in Australia. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 67(1-2):98-108.
  4. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  5. Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 98.
  6. 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=23567. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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