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Taxon:  Medicago tenoreana Ser.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Leptospireae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23693
Place of publication:
A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 2:180. 1825
Verified:
06/11/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
5 (5  active, 4  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Béna, G. et al. 2005. Medicago - Sinorhizobium symbiotic specificity evolution and the geographic expansion of Medicago. J. Evol. Biol. 18:1547-1558.
  2. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  3. Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:66.
  4. Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 205.
  5. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  6. Quiros, C. F. & G. R. Bauchan. 1988. The genus Medicago and the origin of the Medicago sativa complex. In A. A. Hanson et al., eds., Alfalfa and alfalfa improvement. Agronomy 29:119.
  7. Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3272.
  8. Small, E. et al. 1981. The taxonomic value of floral characters in tribe Trigonelleae (Leguminosae), with special reference to Medicago. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1581.
  9. Small, E. 1981. A numerical analysis of major groupings in Medicago employing traditionally used characters. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1555.
  10. Small, E. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Trifolieae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
  11. Smythies, B. E. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882. 1984-1986
  12. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
Native
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Italy
  • 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=23693. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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