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Taxon:  Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Pachyspireae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
314582
Place of publication:
A. Fiori & G. Paoletti, Iconogr. fl. ital. ed. 2:237. 1921
Comment:
Fiori, in Nuov. fl. ital. 1:832. 1925, first united M. italica and M. tornata, two names of equal priority, choosing M. italica
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
Basionym
Medica italica Mill.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
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Reference(s)
  1. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976-
  2. Brundu, G. et al. 2004. A contribution to the study of the distribution of Medicago - Sinorhizobium symbiosis in Sardinia (Italy). Agric. Medit. 134:33-48.
  3. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  4. Greuter, W. 1986. Medicago italica (Miller) Fiori. In: W. Greuter & T. Raus (eds.), Med-Checklist notulae, 13. Willdenowia 16:112-113.
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 2:874.
  6. Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:85.
  7. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  8. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Pottier-Alapetite, G. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones. 1979-1981
  11. Sales, F. & I. C. Hedge. 1994. Medicago L. (Leguminosae): typification and nomenclature. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 51:322.
  12. Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3270.
  13. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
Common names
English
disc medic –
Swedish
skivlusern –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated     
3AdventiveAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated ()
Adventive
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Israel
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
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=314582. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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