Medicago arabica

Medicago arabica

Medicago arabica

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 arabica

Name

Medicago arabica (L.) Huds., 1762

Synonyms

• Medica arabica (L.) Medik., Vorles. Churpf. Phys. Ges. 2: 386 (1787)
• Medica arabica subsp. inermis Ricker, Bur. Pl. Industr. Bull., 267: 33 (1913)
• Medica echinata Lam., Fl. Fr. 2: 587 (1779)
• Medica maculata (Willd.) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 478 (1900)
• Medicago arabica (L.) All., Fl. Pedem., 1: 315 (1785), comb. superfl.
• Medicago arabica f. elegans Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 15: 74 (1965)
• Medicago arabica f. heptacycla Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 74 (1873)
• Medicago arabica f. pastoralis Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 15: 152 (1965)
• Medicago arabica f. purpurea Burkart, Fl. Prov. Buenos Aires, 4(3a): 560 (1967)
• Medicago arabica subsp. inermis Ricker
• Medicago arabica var. longispina Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 35 (1899)
• Medicago arabica var. maculata (Willd.) Maire, Cat. Pl. Maroc 2: 384 (1932)
• Medicago arabica var. minor Lojac., Malpighia, 20: 203 (1906)
• Medicago cordata Desr., Lam. Encyc. 3: 636 (1789)
• Medicago maculata Sibth., Fl. Oxon.: 232 (1794)
• Medicago oxalioides Schur, Verh. Naturf. Ver. Bruenn, 15(2): 174 (1877)
• Medicago talyschensis Latsch., Not. Syst. Geogr. Inst. Bot. Thbiliss., Fasc. 27, 76 (1969)
• Medicago tinei Lojac., Fed. Rep., 5: 27 (1908)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain Regional: Middle Europe Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia Regional: Macaronesia Canary Is. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Turkey Introduced into: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Austria, Baltic States, Bolivia, Brazil South, Chatham Is., Chile Central, China Southeast, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Hainan, Illinois, Ireland, Japan, Kermadec Is., New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Queensland, South Australia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tasmania, Uruguay, Vermont, Victoria, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hudson, W. 1762. Flora Anglica, exhibens Plantas per Regnum Angliae sponte crescentes, distributas Secundum Systema Sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis autorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, officinalibus pharmacopaeorum.: i–[xvi], 1–506, [i]–xxii. BHL Reference page. : 288
• 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

• Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
• Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
• Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Medicago arabica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Medicago arabica. Published online. Accessed: Jun 08 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Medicago arabica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Jun 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Medicago arabica. 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 08. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Medicago arabica. Accessed: 08 Jun 2021.
• Medicago arabica in the Euro+Med PlantBase
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Medicago arabica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

العربية: فصة عربية
català: Herba de la taca
Deutsch: Arabischer Schneckenklee
English: Spotted Medick
español: Carretón manchado
eesti: Araabia lutsern
suomi: Laikkumailanen
français: Luzerne d'Arabie
hornjoserbsce: Arabiska šlinčina
Nederlands: Gevlekte rupsklaver
Tiếng Việt: Linh lăng Ả Rập

For more multimedia, look at Medicago arabica on Wikimedia Commons.