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Taxon:  Medicago hispida Gaertn.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Leptospireae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23592
Place of publication:
Fruct. sem. pl. 2:349, t. 155, fig. 7. 1791
Verified:
05/26/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1229 (1197  active, 412  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. Allen, O. N. & E. Hamatová. 1973. IBP world catalogue of Rhizobium collections. 282 pp.
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  3. Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:75.
  4. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  5. Lee, Y. N. Flora of Korea. 1997
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  7. 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.
  8. Small, E. 1981. A numerical analysis of major groupings in Medicago employing traditionally used characters. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1555.
  9. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
  10. Stirton, C. H. 1982. The genus Medicago (Leguminosae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 14:30.
  11. Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
  12. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  13. 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=23592. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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