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Taxon:  Medicago doliata Carmign. var. muricata Heyn



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Pachyspireae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
311790
Place of publication:
P. Davis, Flora of Turkey 3:507. 1970
Comment:
  • lacks priority fide Scripta H 12:113
  • based on M. muricata Benth.
Verified:
10/20/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
82 (82  active, 82  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Medicago doliata Carmign. (784 active accession[s])
Medicago doliata Carmign. var. doliata (128 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago muricata Benth.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago aculeata Willd.
Medicago globulosa Desv.
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Reference(s)
  1. Brockwell, J. & F. W. Hely. 1966. Symbiotic characteristics of Rhizobium meliloti: an appraisal of the systematic treatment of nodulation and nitrogen fixation interactions between hosts and rhizobia of diverse origins. Austral. J. Agric. Res. 17:885-899.
  2. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
Common names
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
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=311790. Accessed 15 March 2025.


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