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Taxon:  Medicago radiata L.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Hymenocarpos
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23666
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:778. 1753
Verified:
06/10/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
129 (127  active, 115  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Trigonella radiata (L.) Boiss.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Radiata glabra Ovcz. et al.
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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. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Doignon-Bourcier, F. et al. 1999. Diversity of Bradyrhizobia from 27 tropical Leguminosae species native of Senegal. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 22:647-661.
  5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  6. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  7. Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 81.
  8. Mouterde, P. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. 1966-
  9. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  10. Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3273.
  11. 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.
  12. Small, E. 1981. A numerical analysis of major groupings in Medicago employing traditionally used characters. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1555.
  13. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  14. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996
  15. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
3AdventiveEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Adventive
Europe
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France
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=23666. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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