Medicago laciniata

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 laciniata

Name

Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill., 1768

Synonyms

Medicago aschersoniana Urb., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 77 (1873)
Medicago aschersoniana var. brachyacantha (Boiss.) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb., 15: 77 (1873)
Medicago aschersoniana var. macrantha Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb., 15: 78 (1873)
Medicago diffusa Poir., Lam., Encycl. Suppl. 3: 524 (1814)
Medicago laciniata ssp. aschersoniana (Urb.) Thell., Vierteljahrsschr. Zürich, 64: 755 (1919)
Medicago laciniata ssp. brevispina Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 165 (1882)
Medicago laciniata ssp. schimperiana P.Fourn., Quatre Fl. France: 545 (1936)
Medicago laciniata var. brachyacantha Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 1(9): 10 (1849)
Medicago laciniata var. brachycantha Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Nov. Ser. 1(9): 10 (1849)
Medicago laciniata var. brevidenticulata Candargy, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr., 45: 185 (1898)
Medicago laciniata var. brevispina Benth., Cat. Pl. Pyrenes: 104 (1826)
Medicago laciniata var. diffusa (Poir.) F.M.Vázquez, Folia Bot. Extremadur. (2009)
Medicago laciniata var. integrifolia Godr., Fl. Iuven., ed.2: 74 (1854)
Medicago laciniata var. integriuscula Cusin & Ansb., Herb. Fl. Fr.,6 , t (1043) (1870)
Medicago laciniata var. intermedia Nègre, Trav. Inst. Sci. Cherifien, Ser. Bot. 5: 74 (1956) [nom. inval.]
Medicago laciniata var. leonis Sennen & Mauricio, Diagn. Nouv. Pl. Espagne & Maroc: 231 (1951)
Medicago laciniata var. longispina Benth., Cat. Pl. Pyrenees: 104 (1826)
Medicago laciniata var. micrechinus Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 24: 208 (1932)
Medicago laciniata var. pilosa Nábelek, Publ. Fac. Sci. Univ. Masaryk Brno, 35: 68 (1923)
Medicago laciniata var. saharae Nègre, Compt.-Rend. Seances Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 7: 90 (1951)
Medicago leonis Sennen & Mauricio, nom. nud.] [Cat. Fl. Rif Orient.: 146 (1933)
Medicago monantha Blatt., I. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 36: 969 (1933), non (C. A. Mey.) Trautv.
Medicago polymorpha var. laciniata L., Sp. Pl.: 781 (1753)
Medicago pseudogranatensis Blatt., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 36: 969 (1933)
Medicago schimperiana Hochst. ex Boiss., Fl. Orient. 2: 104 (1872)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Botswana, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Free State, Namibia, Northern Provinces
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Is., Madeira
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - India, Pakistan, West Himalaya
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Kuwait, Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Yemen
Introduced into:
- Baltic States, Corse, France, Italy, Japan, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, Victoria, Western Australia

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

References

Primary references

Miller, P. 1768. The Gardeners Dictionary: containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery. Ed. 8, 3 volumes (without pagination), John & Francis Rivington, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.541 Reference page. : no. 5.

Additional references

Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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 laciniata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Medicago laciniata. Published online. Accessed: Jun 09 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Medicago laciniata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Jun 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Medicago laciniata. 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 09. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Medicago laciniata. Accessed: 09 Jun 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Medicago laciniata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2021 Jun 09.

Vernacular names

English: cutleaf medick, tattered medick