Medicago heyniana Greuter GRIN-Global

Taxon: Medicago heyniana Greuter

Summary

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Heynianae

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

315031

Place of publication:

Candollea 25:190. 1970

Verified:

06/26/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

3 (3 active, 3 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)

Béna, G. et al. 2005. Medicago - Sinorhizobium symbiotic specificity evolution and the geographic expansion of Medicago. J. Evol. Biol. 18:1547-1558.
Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 84.
Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3273.
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.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece	Dodecanese Islands

Native
Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Turkey

Europe

SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece [Dodecanese Islands]

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=315031. Accessed 18 July 2025.