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Taxon:  Medicago ruthenica (L.) Trautv.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Platycarpae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23675
Place of publication:
Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 8:271. 1841 (C. F. von Ledebour, Fl. ross. 1:523. 1843)
Verified:
06/10/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
12 (11  active, 6  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Trigonella ruthenica L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Melilotoides ruthenica (L.) Sojak
Melissitus ruthenicus (L.) Latsch.

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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. Campbell, T. A. et al. 1999. Completion of the agronomic evaluations of Medicago ruthenica [(L.) Ledebour] germplasm collected in Inner Mongolia. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 46:477-484.
  4. Campbell, T. A. 2000. Molecular analysis of genetic variation among alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and Medicago ruthenica clones. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 80:773-779.
  5. Campbell, T. A. 2000. Molecular analysis of genetic variation among alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and Medicago ruthenica clones. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 80:773-779.
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  8. Kitagawa, M. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. 1979
  9. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  10. Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 77.
  11. Sanders, I. et al. 2011. Chapter 10. Medicago. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, legume crops and forages. 2011 207-222.
  12. Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3273.
  13. Small, E. et al. 1981. The taxonomic value of floral characters in tribe Trigonelleae (Leguminosae), with special reference to Medicago. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1555,80.
  14. Steele, K. P. et al. 2010. Phylogeny and character evolution in Medicago (Leguminosae): Evidence from analyses of plastid TRNK/MATK and nuclear GA3OX1 sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 97:1142-1155.
  15. Steele, K. P. et al. 2010. Phylogeny and character evolution in Medicago (Leguminosae): Evidence from analyses of plastid TRNK/MATK and nuclear GA3OX1 sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 97:1142-1155.
  16. Wipf, L. 1939. Chromosome numbers in root nodules and root tips of certain Leguminosae. Bot. Gaz. 101:51-67.
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Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationAmur 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationAga Buryat 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationBuryatia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationChita 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationIrkutsk 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Amur]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Aga Buryat, Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodpotential as forage Campbell, T. A. et al. 1999. Completion of the agronomic evaluations of Medicago ruthenica [(L.) Ledebour] germplasm collected in Inner Mongolia. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 46:477-484.
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=23675. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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