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Taxon:  Medicago coronata (L.) Bartal.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Leptospireae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23570
Place of publication:
Catalogo delle piante ... de Siena 61. 1776
Verified:
10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
46 (43  active, 31  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medicago polymorpha L. var. coronata L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976-
  2. Béna, G. et al. 2005. Medicago - Sinorhizobium symbiotic specificity evolution and the geographic expansion of Medicago. J. Evol. Biol. 18:1547-1558.
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  5. Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:51.
  6. Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 193.
  7. Meikle, R. D. Flora of Cyprus. 1977-1985
  8. Mouterde, P. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. 1966-
  9. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  10. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  11. Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3272.
  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. Smythies, B. E. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882. 1984-1986
  15. Täckholm, V. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2. 1974
  16. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
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Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt, Libya
Asia-Temperate
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kyrgyzstan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
Naturalized
Europe
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Portugal
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=23570. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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