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Taxon:
Medicago sativa
L. nothosubsp.
tunetana
Murb.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23682
Place of publication:
Acta Univ. Lund. Afd. 2. 33(12):62. 1897, pro subsp.
Comment:
=
M. sativa
subsp.
sativa
or subsp.
caerulea
×
M. sativa
subsp.
glomerata
Verified:
06/10/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
12
(
12
active,
11
available)
in Australian Pastures Genebank.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Medicago sativa
L.
(561 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa
L. nothosubsp.
varia
(Martyn) Arcang.
(370 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
caerulea
(Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.
(158 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
falcata
(L.) Arcang.
(261 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
falcata
(L.) Arcang. var.
falcata
(L.) Doll
(0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
falcata
(L.) Arcang. var.
viscosa
(Rchb.) Posp.
(2 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
glomerata
(Balb.) Rouy
(30 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
(1687 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago tunetana
(Murb.) Vassilcz.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago grossheimii
Vassilcz.
Medicago polychroa
Grossh.
Medicago sativa
L. f.
gaetula
Urb.
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
faurei
Maire
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Reference(s)
Alfalfa Crop Germplasm Committee.
Report on the Status of Medicago Germplasm in the United States. 2000 21.
Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins.
1979. Genus
Medicago
(Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 100,105.
Pottier-Alapetite, G.
Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones. 1979-1981
Prosperi, J.-M. et al.
2006. Morphological and agronomic diversity of wild genetic resources of
Medicago sativa
L. collected in Spain. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 53:843-856.
Small, E.
1986. Taxonomy of glandular wild alfalfa (
Medicago sativa
). Canad. J. Bot. 64:2128.
Common names
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Tunisia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Armenia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Georgia
1
Native
Europe
Europe
Native
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
,
Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
CAUCASUS:
Armenia
,
Georgia
Europe
REGION:
Europe
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=23682
. Accessed
18 July 2025
.
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