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Taxon:  Medicago platycarpos (L.) Trautv.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Platycarpae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23643
Place of publication:
Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 8:271. 1841 "platycarpa"
Verified:
06/30/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
6 (5  active, 4  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Trigonella platycarpos L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Melilotoides platycarpos (L.) Sojak

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Reference(s)
  1. 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).
  2. Baum, B. R. 1968. A clarification of the generic limits of Trigonella and Medicago. Canad. J. Bot. 46:747.
  3. Inst. Bot. V. L. Komarova, Acad. Sci. URSS. Plantae asiae centralis. 1963-
  4. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  5. Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 75.
  6. Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3273.
  7. 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.
  8. Small, E. 1981. A numerical analysis of major groupings in Medicago employing traditionally used characters. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1555.
  9. Wipf, L. 1939. Chromosome numbers in root nodules and root tips of certain Leguminosae. Bot. Gaz. 101:51-67.
  10. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationAltay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationBuryatia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationChita 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationGorno-Altay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationIrkutsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKemerovo 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKhakassia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKhanty-Mansi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKrasnoyarsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationNovosibirsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTaymyr 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTomsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTuva 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTyumen 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationUst Orda Buryat 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationYakutia-Sakha 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationBashkortostan 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Xinjiang]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay, Buryatia, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Khakassia, Khanty-Mansi, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Taymyr, Tomsk, Tuva, Tyumen, Ust Orda Buryat, Yakutia-Sakha]
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation [Bashkortostan]
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=23643. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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