Medicago truncatula

Medicago truncatula

Medicago truncatula

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 truncatula

Name

Medicago truncatula Gaertn., 1791

Synonyms

• Medica tribuloides (Desr.) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 477 (1900)
• Medicago crassispina Vis., Flora, 12: (1829) I. Erg. 20
• Medicago glabella C.Presl, Delic. Prag.: 44 (1822)
• Medicago hornemaniana Ser., DC., Prodr., 2: 177 (1825)
• Medicago pubescens Hornem., Hort. Reg. Hafn., 2: 726 (1815)
• Medicago tentaculata Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 1413 (1802) (nom. illeg.)
• Medicago tribuloides Desr., Encycl. [Lam.] 3: 635 (1789)
• Medicago tribuloides subsp.truncatula (Gaertn.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 167 (1878)
• Medicago tribuloides var. breviaculeata Moris, Fl. Sard., 1: 441 (1837)
• Medicago tribuloides var. cosyrensis Sommier, Fl. Isola Pentelleria: 27 (1922)
• Medicago tribuloides var. longeaculeata Ball, Spicil. Fl. Marocc. [Ball]: 413 (1878)
• Medicago tribuloides var. muricata Menezes, Fl. Arch. Madeira: 43 (1914)
• Medicago tribuloides var. narbonensis Ser., DC., Prodr., 2: 178 (1825)
• Medicago tribuloides var. rectiuscula Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 23 (1899)
• Medicago tribuloides var. subinermis Bég. &Vacc., Ann. di Bot. 12: 107 (1914)
• Medicago tribuloides var. tentaculata (Willd.) P.Fourn., Quatre Fl. Fr.: 547 (1936)
• Medicago tribuloides var. truncatula (Gaertn.) Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ.: 162 (1837)
• Medicago tribuloides var. uncinata (Willd.) Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 22 (1899)
• Medicago truncatula f. dextrorsa Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 67 (1873)
• Medicago truncatula f. laxicycla E.Small, Pl. Syst. Evol., 174(1-2): 38 (1991)
• Medicago truncatula f. sinistrorsa Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 67 (1873)
• Medicago truncatula f. tricycla Nègre, C. R. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc, 17: 90 (1951)
• Medicago truncatula subsp.longiaculeata (Urb.) Ponert, Feddes Repert. 83: 639 (1973)
• Medicago truncatula var. breviaculeata (Moris) Urb., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 67 (1873)
• Medicago truncatula var. cosyrensis (Sommier) Fiori, Nuova Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 834 (1925)
• Medicago truncatula var. fontqueri Nègre, nom. inval.] [Trav. Inst. Sci. Cherifien, Ser. Bot. 5: 50 (1956)
• Medicago truncatula var. laciniata Batt., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33: 352 (1886)
• Medicago truncatula var. longeaculeata Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 67 (1873)
• Medicago truncatula var. narbonensis Ser., Prodr. [DC.] 2: 177 (1825)
• Medicago truncatula var. rectiuscula Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 23 (1899)
• Medicago truncatula var. rugosissima Maire & Weiller, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N.30: 273 (1939)
• Medicago truncatula var. tentaculata (Willd.) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 415 (1907), comb. superfl.
• Medicago truncatula var. tentaculata (Willd.) Burnat, Fl. Alp. Marit., 2: 100 (1896)
• Medicago truncatula var. tribuloides (Desr.) Burnat, Fl. Alp. Marit., 2: 100 (1896)
• Medicago uncinata Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 1417 (1802)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia Regional: Macaronesia Canary Is., Madeira Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, , France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Sicilia, Yugoslavia Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Sinai Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Austria, California, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Uruguay, Victoria, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gaertner, J. 1790–1792 ["1791"]. De fructibus et seminibus plantarum. Volumen alterum, continens seminum centurias quinque posteriores cum tabulis aeneis CI. LII + 520 pp., tt. 80–180. Typis Guilielmi Henrici Schrammii, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 350, t. 155, fig. 7.

Additional references

• 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.
• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
• Llewellyn, O.A., Hall, M., Miller, A.G., Al-Abbasi, T.M., Al-Wetaid, A.H., Al-Harbi, R.J. & Al-Shammari, K.F. (2011). Important plant areas in the Arabian peninsula: 4. Jabal Aja Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 199-224.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Medicago truncatula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Medicago truncatula. Published online. Accessed: Jun 11 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Medicago truncatula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Jun 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Medicago truncatula. 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 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Medicago truncatula. Accessed: 11 Jun 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Medicago truncatula in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: Barrel medic
suomi: Palikkamailanen
français: Luzerne tronquée

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