Medicago × varia

Medicago × varia

Medicago × varia

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
Nothospecies: Medicago × varia

Name

Medicago × varia Martyn, 1793

Synonyms

• Medica × media (Pers.) Fourr.
• Medicago × alaschanica Vassilcz.
• Medicago × alatavica Vassilcz.
• Medicago × annularis Besser
• Medicago × caucasica Vassilcz.
• Medicago × cibiniensis Lerchenf. ex Schur
• Medicago × cyclocarpa Hy
• Medicago × grandiflora (Grossh.) Vassilcz.
• Medicago × hemicycla Grossh.
• Medicago × komarovii Vassilcz.
• Medicago × kultiassovii Vassilcz.
• Medicago × ladak Vassilcz.
• Medicago × lavrenkoi Vassilcz.
• Medicago × lilacea Hy
• Medicago × media Pers.
• Medicago × mirandana Sennen & Elías
• Medicago × ochroleuca Kult
• Medicago × pauciflora Ledeb.
• Medicago × rivularis Vassilcz.
• Medicago × roborowskii Vassilcz.
• Medicago sativa subsp. hemicycla (Grossh.) C.R.Gunn
• Medicago sativa var. pauciflora (Ledeb.) Urb.
• Medicago sativa subsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang.
• Medicago sativa var. varia (Martyn) Urb.
• Medicago schischkinii Sumnev.
• Medicago × spuria Hy
• Medicago × subdicycla (Trautv.) Vassilcz.
• Medicago × subfalcata Schur
• Medicago × tetrahemicycla Sinskaya
• Medicago × tianschanica Vassilcz.
• Medicago × tibetana (Alef.) Vassilcz.
• Medicago × trautvetteri Sumnev.
• Medicago × varia f. ambigua (Trautv.) D.F.Cui
• Medicago × varia f. rivularis (Vassilcz.) D.F.Cui
• Medicago × varia f. schischkinii (Sumnev.) D.F.Cui
• Medicago × varia f. subdicycla (Trautv.) D.F.Cui
• Medicago × varia f. tianschanica (Vassilcz.) D.F.Cui

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus Regional: Central Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern USA New York Introduced into: Albania, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Great Britain, Illinois, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Northwest European R, South European Russi, Tuva, Ukraine, Vermont, West Himalaya, West Siberia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Martyn, T.M. 1793. Flora Rustica 3: 87

Additional references

• (2019). doi: 10.3897/italianbotanist.8.48621 epublication.
• Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
• Stace, C.A., Preston, C.D. & Pearman, D.A. (2015). Hybrid flora of the British isles: 1-501. Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Medicago × varia 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 × varia. Published online. Accessed: Jun 11 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Medicago × varia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Jun 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Medicago × varia. 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 × varia. Accessed: 11 Jun 2021.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Bastard-Luzerne, Bastardluzerne, Sandluzerne
English: bastard medic, sand lucerne, variegated alfalfa, variegated lucerne
español: alfalfa de las arenas, alfalfa híbrida
français: luzerne bigarrée, luzerne intermédiaire
hornjoserbsce: Přeměnita šlinčina
polski: Lucerna mieszańcowa
português: luzerna-bastarda (Brazil)
中文: za jiao mu xu (transcribed Chinese)

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