Medicago orbicularis

Taxonavigation edit

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 orbicularis

Name edit

Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal., 1776

Synonyms edit

Medica inermis Lam., Fl. Fr. 2: 586 (1779)
Medica orbicularis (L.) Medik., Vorles. Churf. Phys. Ges. 2: 886 (1787)
Medica orbiculata Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 474 (1900)
Medicago ambigua Jord. ex Boreau, Fl. Centr. Fr. ed. III. 2: 147 (1857)
Medicago applanata Willd. ex Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. Suppl 85 (1819)
Medicago biancae (Urb.) P.Silva, Agron. Lusit. 35: 298 (1974)
Medicago biancae Tod ex Urb., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 60 (1873)
Medicago clypeata Lindl., Bot. Reg. (1839) Misc. 60
Medicago cuneata J.Woods, Tourists Fl.: 84 (1850)
Medicago echinata (Lam.) Steud., Nom. ed. II. 2: 109 (1808)
Medicago marginata Willd., Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 802 (1809)
Medicago orbicularis (L.) All., Fl. Ped. 1: 314 (1785)
Medicago orbicularis f. applanata Costa, Introd. Fl. Cataluna: 59 (1864)
Medicago orbicularis f. biancae (Tod.) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 60 (1873)
Medicago orbicularis f. canescens Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 60 (1873)
Medicago orbicularis f. glabella Abdullah in Khass., Dikornst. Lyust. Sred. Asii: 86 (1972)
Medicago orbicularis f. glanduligera Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci. Reports, 15: 149 (1965)
Medicago orbicularis f. glandulosa Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 60 (1873)
Medicago orbicularis f. macrocarpa (Rouy) Casellas, Coll. Bot., 6: 223 (1962)
Medicago orbicularis f. microcarpa Casellas, Coll. Bot., 6: 224 (1962)
Medicago orbicularis f. pilosa (Benth.) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 60 (1873)
Medicago orbicularis f. praecox Sinskaya, Fl. Cult. Pl. U. S. S. R., 13(1): 176 (1950)
Medicago orbicularis f. rubra Sinskaya, FI. Cult. Pl. U. S. S. R.,13(1): 177 (1950)
Medicago orbicularis f. tardiflora Sinskaya, Fl. Cult. Pl. U. S. S. R., 13(1): 176 (1950)
Medicago orbicularis f. viridis Sinskaya, Fl. Cult. Pl. U. S. S. R., 13(1): 177 (1950)
Medicago orbicularis subsp. castellana (Casellas) P.Monts., Soc. Ech. Pl. Vasc. Eur. Occid. Bassin. Medit. H. Bull., fasc. no. 15: 76 1972-1973 (1974)
Medicago orbicularis subsp. marginata (Willd.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 167 (1878)
Medicago orbicularis var. applanata (Willd.) Nègre, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 50: 285 (1959)
Medicago orbicularis var. biancae (Tod. ex Urb.) Batt., Fl. Algérie [Batt. & Trab.] Dicot.: 226 (1889)
Medicago orbicularis var. castellana Casellas, Coll. Bot., 6: 224 (1962)
Medicago orbicularis var. catholica Nègre, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 50: 286 (1959)
Medicago orbicularis var. cuneata (J.Woods) Fiori, Fl. Ital., 2: 34 (1900)
Medicago orbicularis var. glandulosa (Urb.) Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 18 (1899)
Medicago orbicularis var. hebecarpa Pancic, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 6: 479 (1856)
Medicago orbicularis var. laxicycla Salisb., Flora, 17: 54 (1834)
Medicago orbicularis var. macrocarpa Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 18 (1899)
Medicago orbicularis var. marginata (Willd.) Benth., Cat. Pl. Pyrendes: 100 (1826)
Medicago orbicularis var. microcarpa Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 18 (1899)
Medicago orbicularis var. microcarpa Ser., DC., Prodr., 2: 174 (1825)
Medicago orbicularis var. pilosa (Willd.) Benth., Cat. Pl. Pyr.: 101 (1826)
Medicago orbicularis var. undulata Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 18 (1899)
Medicago orbiculata Gaertn., De Fruct., 2: 349 (1791)
Medicago polymorpha var. orbicularis L., Sp. Pl.: 779 (1753)
Medicago viscidula Bellardi ex Colla
Pocockia applanata (Willd. ex Hornem.) Trautv.
Pocockia marginata (Willd.) Trautv.
Pocockia orbicularis (L.) Trautv.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Romania, Sicilia, Yugoslavia
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Eritrea, Ethiopia.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Zimbabwe
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Saudi Arabia.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - India, Pakistan, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
- Alabama, California, Czechoslovakia, Florida, Georgia, Hungary, Illinois, Japan, New South Wales, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Queensland, South Australia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Victoria, Western Australia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Bartalini, B. 1776. Catalogo delle piante che nascono spontaneamente intorno alla citta' di Siena 60.

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 edit

Chester, E.W., Wofford, B.E., Shaw, J.T., Estes, D. & Webb, D.H. (eds.) 2015. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee. 813 pp., University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. ISBN 978-1-62190-100-6. Reference page.
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 edit

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Medicago orbicularis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Medicago orbicularis. Published online. Accessed: Jun 10 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Medicago orbicularis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Jun 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Medicago orbicularis. 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 10. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Medicago orbicularis. Accessed: 10 Jun 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Medicago orbicularis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2021 Jun 10.

Vernacular names edit

English: Button Clover, Button Medick

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