Medicago lanigera Winkl. & B. Fedtsch. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Medicago lanigera Winkl. & B. Fedtsch.

Summary

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Spirocarpos

Subsection:

Leptospireae

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

103241

Place of publication:

B. Fedtsch., Izv. Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5:41.1905

Verified:

06/08/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

2 (2 active, 1 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)

Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:83.
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 201.
Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3272.
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.
Small, E. 1981. A numerical analysis of major groupings in Medicago employing traditionally used characters. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1555.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Tajikistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Turkmenistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Afghanistan

Native
Asia-Temperate

MIDDLE ASIA: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan

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=103241. Accessed 19 July 2025.