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, 2^nd 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)