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Taxon:  Medicago prostrata Jacq.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23664
Place of publication:
Hort. bot. vindob. 1:39, t. 89. 1771
Verified:
06/10/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
6 (6  active, 6  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. Alfalfa Crop Germplasm Committee. Report on the Status of Medicago Germplasm in the United States. 2000 21.
  2. Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 113.
  3. Lesins, K. 1962. Interspecific crosses involving alfalfa. III. Medicago sativa L. × M. prostrata Jacq . Canad. J. Genet. Cytol. 4:14-23.
  4. Lesins, K. 1968. Interspecific crosses involving alfalfa. IV. Medicago glomerata × M. sativa with reference to M. prostrata. Canad. J. Genet. Cytol. 10:536-544.
  5. 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.
  6. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  7. 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 89:107.
  8. Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3268.
  9. 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.
  10. Small, E. 1981. A numerical analysis of major groupings in Medicago employing traditionally used characters. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1555.
  11. Small, E. Alfalfa and relatives: evolution and classification of Medicago. 2011
  12. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
Native
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Romania
Naturalized
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius
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=23664. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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