Medicago polycarpa Willd. ex Steud. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Medicago polycarpa Willd. ex Steud.

Synonym of Medicago polymorpha L. var. denticulata (Willd.) Kerguelen

Summary

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Spirocarpos

Subsection:

Leptospireae

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

311873

Place of publication:

Nomencl. bot. ed. 2, 2:110. 1841 (C. L. Willdenow, Enum. pl. suppl. 52. 1813, nom. nud.)

Comment:

lack of valid publication by Willdenow verified from original literature
publication of Willdenow's Enum. pl. suppl. was before 1 Jan 1814 fide Hodvina, Hess. Florist. Briefe 57(3/4): 47-49. 2009
Steudel validly published this name by reference to "M. muricata γ Lam.", described in Lamarck's Encycl. 3(2):634-635. 1792

Verified:

10/26/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1387 (1383 active, 1202 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)

Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:75.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980

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=311873. Accessed 17 July 2025.