Medicago tribuloides Desr. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Medicago tribuloides Desr.

Synonym of Medicago truncatula Gaertn.

Summary

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Spirocarpos

Subsection:

Pachyspireae

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

23704

Place of publication:

J. B. A. P. M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 3:637. 1792

Comment:

Desrousseaux contributed the treatment of Medicago to Lamarck's Encycl.

Verified:

03/17/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

5687 (5442 active, 4844 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)

Allen, O. N. & E. Hamatová. 1973. IBP world catalogue of Rhizobium collections. 282 pp.
Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:98.
Mouterde, P. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. 1966-
Sales, F. & I. C. Hedge. 1994. Medicago L. (Leguminosae): typification and nomenclature. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 51:323.
Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
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=23704. Accessed 18 July 2025.