Medicago tornata (L.) Mill. var. aculeata (Guss.) Heyn GRIN-Global

Taxon: Medicago tornata (L.) Mill. var. aculeata (Guss.) Heyn

Synonym of Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori

Summary

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Spirocarpos

Subsection:

Pachyspireae

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

23697

Place of publication:

Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:89. 1963

Verified:

02/15/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

849 (833 active, 812 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)

Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 158.
Small, E. 1989. pers. comm.
Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-

Common names

Distribution

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=23697. Accessed 18 July 2025.