Medicago intertexta

Medicago intertexta

Medicago intertexta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Trifolieae
Genus: Medicago
Species: Medicago intertexta

Name

Medicago intertexta (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 4 (1768)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Medicago polymorpha var. intertexta L., Sp. Pl. 2: 780 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Cochleata intertexta (L.) Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 385 (1787).
  • Medica intertexta (L.) Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 386 (1787).
  • Trifolium intertextum (L.) Wender., Schriften Ges. Beförd. Gesammten Naturwiss. Marburg 2: 260 (1831).
• Heterotypic
  • Medicago crinita C.Presl, Fl. Sicul.: xx (1826).
  • Medicago echinata St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 130 (1880).
  • Medicago echinus DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., ed. 3, 4: 546 (1805).
    • Medicago intertexta var. echinus (DC.) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 15: 62 (1873).
    • Medicago ciliaris subsp. echinus (DC.) Bonnier & Layens, Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 75 (1894).
  • Medicago panormitana Tineo ex Tod., Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1866: 36 (1867)
    • Medicago intertexta var. panormitana (Tineo) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 15: 62 (1873).
  • Medicago intertexta f. pilifera Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 15: 62 (1873).
  • Medicago polycycla Moris, Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino 38: xxxi (1835).
  • Medicago echinus var. tuberculata Moris, Fl. Sard. 1: 453 (1837).
  • Medicago intertexta f. variegata Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 15: 62 (1873).
    • Medicago echinus var. variegata (Urb.) Ricker in McKee & Ricker, USDA Bur. Pl. Ind. Bull. 267: 32 (1913).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France (introduced), Portugal, Sardegna, Spain Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands, Madeira. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia (introduced). Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Uruguay (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Miller, P. 1768. The Gardeners Dictionary: containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery. Ed. 8, 3 volumes (without pagination), John & Francis Rivington, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.541 Reference page. : 8: Medicago no. 4.
• Medikus, F.K. 1787. Versuch einer neuen Lehrart die Pflanzen nach zwei Methoden zugleich, nehmlich nach der künstlichen und natürlischen, zu ordnen, durch ein Beispiel einer natürlichen Familie erörtert [Neue methode bei Pflanzen zu ordnen] (vorgelesen den 17 May 1786). Vorlesungen der Churpfälzischen physicalisch-öconomischen Gesellschaft 2: [327]–460. Google Books Reference page. 

Additional references

• Small, E. 2011. Alfalfa and relatives. Evolution and classification of Medicago. 727 pp. NRC Research Press, Ottawa. ISBN 978-1-84593-750-8. Reference page. : 323–327
• Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. 2014. Australian Plant Census (APC). Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. online
• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Medicago intertexta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Medicago intertexta. Published online. Accessed: Jun 09 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Medicago intertexta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Jun 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Medicago intertexta. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 09. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Medicago intertexta. Accessed: 09 Jun 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Medicago intertexta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2021 Jun 09.

Vernacular names

English: Calvary Medic

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