Medicago lupulina

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 lupulina

Name

Medicago lupulina L., 1753

Synonyms

Lupularia parviflora Opiz, Seznam, 61 (1852)
Lupulina aurata Noulet, Fl. Bass. Sous-Pyren.: 157 (1837)
Medica lupulina (L.) Lam., Fl. Francisc. 101 (1894), comb. superfl.
Medica lupulina (L.) Scop., Fl. Carn. ed. II. 2: 88 (1772)
Medicago apennina J.Woods, Tourist´s Flora: 84 (1850)
Medicago breviflora Gilib., Fl. Lituan. 2: 95 (1782)
Medicago canescens Menyh., Kal. Vid. Noven.: 61 (1877)
Medicago ciliaris Lucé
Medicago corymbifera W.L.E.Schmidt ex Schltdl., Linnaea, 4: (1829) 74
Medicago cupaniana Guss., Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 362 (1844)
Medicago eriocarpa Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 25 (1899)
Medicago lupulina f. corymbosa (Ser.) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 52 (1873)
Medicago lupulina f. leiocarpa Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 52 (1873)
Medicago lupulina f. polystachya (Ser.) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb.,: 52 (1873)
Medicago lupulina f. stipularis (Wallroth) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 52 (1873)
Medicago lupulina f. subglabra Pau, Apuntes Fl. Olmedo: 78 (1908)
Medicago lupulina subsp. cupaniana (Guss.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 170 (1878)
Medicago lupulina subsp. eurasiatica Braun-Blanq., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 77: 288 (1930) (nom. inval.)
Medicago lupulina subsp. jalasii Rothm., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., 67: 5 (1963)
Medicago lupulina var. axilis Merino, Fl. Galicia, 1: 377 (1905)
Medicago lupulina var. canescens Moris, Fl. Sard. 1: 436 (1837)
Medicago lupulina var. cinerea Alleiz., Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 12: 64 (1921)
Medicago lupulina var. corymbosa Ser., DC., Prodr., 2: 172 (1825)
Medicago lupulina var. cupaniana (Guss.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 2: 105 (1872)
Medicago lupulina var. dzumgalensis Ubuk., Fl. Kirgizkoi SSR, 7: 156 (1957)
Medicago lupulina var. eriocarpa (Rouy & Foucaud) Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 29: 413 (1938)
Medicago lupulina var. eriocarpa (Rouy) P.D.Sell, Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland (2009), isonym
Medicago lupulina var. glandulosa Neilr., Fl. N.-Oesterr.: 934 (1893)
Medicago lupulina var. perennans Halácsy, Consp. Fl. Graec., 1: 362 (1901)
Medicago lupulina var. polystachya Ser., DC., Prodr., 2: 172 (1825)
Medicago lupulina var. stipularis (Wallroth) Hallier et al., Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 3: 534 (1891)
Medicago lupulina var. unguiculata Ser., DC., Prodr., 2: 172 (1825)
Medicago lupulina var. vassilczenkoi Ubuk., Fl. Kirgizkoi SSR, 7: 156 (1957)
Medicago lupulina var. vulgaris Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 161 (1935)
Medicago mniocarpa Wallr. ex Ser., DC. Prod. 2: 172 (1825)
Medicago reniformis Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyr. 278 (1867)
Medicago revoilii H.J.Coste & Soulié
Medicago stipularis Wallr., Beitr. Fl. Hercyn. 260 (1840)
Medicago willdenowii Mérat, Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 296 (1812) non Boenn (1834)
Medicula lupulina (L.) Medik., Vorles. Churpf. Phys. Ges. 2: 386 (1787)
Medicula lupulina subsp. jalasii (Rothm.) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax., 18(2): 205 (1983)
Medicula lupulina subsp. willdenowiana (Koch) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax., 18(2): 205 (1983)
Melilotus lupulinus (L.) Trautv., Bull. Sci. Acad. Petersb. 8: 271 (1841) non Lam (1779)
Melilotus medicaginoides Zumagl.
Trifolium lupulina (L.) Savi, Fl. Pis., 2: 171 (1798)
Trigonella mniocarpa Wallr. ex DC., Prod. 2: 172 (1825)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Madeira, Azores, Canary Is.
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Turkey
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
- Regional: China
  - China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Introduced into:
- Alabama, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Buryatiya, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Ecuador, Føroyar, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, Illinois, Irkutsk, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, KwaZulu-Natal, Magadan, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Mongolia, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Queensland, Réunion, South Australia, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Victoria, West Siberia, Western Australia, Yukon

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 779. Reference page.
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

Werier, D. 2017. Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
Gilman, A.V. 2015. New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Medicago lupulina 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 lupulina. Published online. Accessed: Jun 09 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Medicago lupulina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Jun 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Medicago lupulina. 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 lupulina. Accessed: 09 Jun 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Medicago lupulina in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

العربية: فصة سوداء
Cymraeg: Maglys du
dansk: Humle-Sneglebælg, Humlesneglebælg
Deutsch: Hopfenklee, Gelbklee, Hopfenluzerne, Hopfen-Schneckenklee
English: black medick, nonesuch, hop clover
español: mielga negra, alfalfa, alfalfa lupulina, carretón, estrebo, lupulina, meligón, mielga, mielga negra, teble, trebolera, trébol, trébol rastrero
eesti: Humallutsern
suomi: Nurmimailanen
français: Luzerne lupuline
galego: Alfalfa lupulina
hornjoserbsce: Niska šlinčina
日本語: コメツブウマゴヤシ
қазақша: Құлмақ жоңышқа
lietuvių: Apyninė liucerna
Nederlands: Hopklaver
polski: Lucerna nerkowata, Lucerna chmielowa
slovenčina: lucerna ďatelinová
svenska: Humlelusern
Türkçe: Kelebek otu
Tiếng Việt: Linh lăng đen
中文: 天蓝苜蓿

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