Medicago muricoleptis Tineo GRIN-Global

Taxon: Medicago muricoleptis Tineo

Summary

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Spirocarpos

Subsection:

Intertextae

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

301050

Place of publication:

Pl. rar. Sicil. 1:18. 1817

Verified:

06/30/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

9 (9 active, 8 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Medicago decandollei Tineo ex Guss.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Medicago intertexta (L.) Mill. var. decandollei (Tineo ex Guss.) Urb.

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Reference(s)

Béna, G. et al. 2005. Medicago - Sinorhizobium symbiotic specificity evolution and the geographic expansion of Medicago. J. Evol. Biol. 18:1547-1558.
Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:131.
Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 211.
Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3271.
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.
Small, E. 1981. A numerical analysis of major groupings in Medicago employing traditionally used characters. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1555.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France

Native
Europe

SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: 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=301050. Accessed 18 July 2025.