Medicago constricta Durieu GRIN-Global

Taxon: Medicago constricta Durieu

Summary

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Spirocarpos

Subsection:

Pachyspireae

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

301049

Place of publication:

Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 29:15. 1873

Verified:

12/18/1986 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

172 (171 active, 156 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Medicago globosa C. Presl

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Reference(s)

Athar, M. 1996. New nodulating legume species from natural ecosystems of Pakistan. Phytologia 80(6):385-388.
Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:108.
Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 176.
Meikle, R. D. Flora of Cyprus. 1977-1985
Mouterde, P. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. 1966-
Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3270.
Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996
Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Georgia	Abkhazia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Cyprus
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iraq
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Israel
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Lebanon
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Syria
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bulgaria
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece

Native
Asia-Temperate

CAUCASUS: Georgia [Abkhazia]
WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey

Europe

SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria, Greece

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=301049. Accessed 18 July 2025.