Medicago papillosa Boiss. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Medicago papillosa Boiss.

Summary

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Medicago

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

23640

Place of publication:

Diagn. pl. orient. ser. 1, 2:23. 1843

Verified:

06/09/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Medicago papillosa Boiss. subsp. macrocarpa (Boiss.) Urb. (0 active accession[s])
Medicago papillosa Boiss. subsp. papillosa (1 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Alfalfa Crop Germplasm Committee. Report on the Status of Medicago Germplasm in the United States. 2000 21.
Clement, W. M., Jr. 1963. Chromosome relationships in a diploid hybrid between Medicago sativa L. and M. dzhawakhetica Bordz. Canad. J. Genet. Cytol. 5:427-432.
Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 129.
Lesins, K. 1961. Interspecific crosses involving alfalfa. I. Medicago dzhawakhetica (Bordz.) Vass. × M. sativa L. and its peculiarities. Canad. J. Genet. Cytol. 3:135-152.
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.
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.
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.
Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3268.
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.
Small, E. 1986. A clarification of the Medicago papillosa complex. Canad. J. Bot. 64:2800-2806.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Armenia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Georgia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey

Native
Asia-Temperate

CAUCASUS: Armenia, Georgia
WESTERN ASIA: Turkey

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=23640. Accessed 18 July 2025.