Medicago cretacea M. Bieb. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Medicago cretacea M. Bieb.

Summary

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Platycarpae

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

23572

Place of publication:

Fl. taur.-caucas. 2:223. 1808

Verified:

05/22/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

4 (2 active, 0 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)

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).
Baum, B. R. 1968. A clarification of the generic limits of Trigonella and Medicago. Canad. J. Bot. 46:747.
Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 86.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3273.
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.
Small, E. 1981. A numerical analysis of major groupings in Medicago employing traditionally used characters. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1555.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	Krasnodar
1	Native	Europe	East Europe	Ukraine	Krym
2	Cultivated

Native
Asia-Temperate

CAUCASUS: Russian Federation [Krasnodar]

Europe

EAST EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992

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=23572. Accessed 18 July 2025.