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Taxon:  Medicago sativa L. subsp. glomerata (Balb.) Rouy



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
311880
Place of publication:
Fl. France 5:14. 1899
Verified:
10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
43 (30  active, 17  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Medicago sativa L. (561 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. tunetana Murb. (12 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. (370 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh. (158 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. (261 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. falcata (L.) Doll (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. viscosa (Rchb.) Posp. (2 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa (1687 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medicago glomerata Balb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago glutinosa M. Bieb.
Medicago gunibica Vassilcz.
Medicago sativa L. f. glutinosa (M. Bieb.) Urb.
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Reference(s)
  1. Alfalfa Crop Germplasm Committee. Report on the Status of Medicago Germplasm in the United States. 2000 21.
  2. Armstrong, J. M. & D. R. Gibson. 1941. Inheritance of certain characters in the hybrid of Medicago media and M. glutinosa. Sci. Agric. (Ottawa) 22:1-10.
  3. Gunn, C. R. et al. 1978. Classification of Medicago sativa L. using legume characters and flower colors. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1574:12.
  4. Isely, D. 1983. Classification of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and relatives. Iowa State J. Res. 57:216.
  5. Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 108.
  6. Lesins, K. 1968. Interspecific crosses involving alfalfa. IV. Medicago glomerata × M. sativa with reference to M. prostrata. Canad. J. Genet. Cytol. 10:536-544.
  7. McCoy, T. J. & E. T. Bingham. 1988. Cytology and cytogenetics of alfalfa. In A. A. Hanson et al., eds., Alfalfa and alfalfa improvement. Agronomy 29:765.
  8. 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 29:93-124.
  9. Small, E. 1986. Taxonomy of glandular wild alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Canad. J. Bot. 64:2128.
  10. Small, E. Alfalfa and relatives: evolution and classification of Medicago. 2011
  11. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  12. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996
Common names
English
glandular alfalfa –
French
la lucerne en pelote –
lucerne en forme de pelote –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationChecheno-Ingushetia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKabardino-Balkaria 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKarachay-Cherkessia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKrasnodar 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationNorth Ossetia 
1NativeEurope Europe  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraineKrym 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar]
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
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=311880. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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