Medicago marina

Medicago marina

Medicago marina

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 marina

Name

Medicago marina L., Sp. Pl. 2: 779 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Medica marina (L.) Lam., Fl. Fr. 2: 584 (1779).
• Heterotypic
  • Medica maritima Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 475 (1900).
  • Medica tomentosa Moench, Meth. Suppl. 38 (1802).
  • Medicago marina var. inermis Rouy, Fl. Fr. 5: 17 (1899).
  • Medicago marina var. tuberculata Rouy, Fl. Fr. 5: 17 (1899).
    • Medicago marina f. tuberculata (Rouy) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. 6(2): 404 (1906).
  • Medicago maritima Pall. ex Georgi, Beschr. Russ. Reich. 3(4): 1197 (1800).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Turkey, Sicilia, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Krym, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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

Additional references

• Small, E. 2011. Alfalfa and relatives. Evolution and classification of Medicago. 727 pp. NRC Research Press, Ottawa. ISBN 978-1-84593-750-8. Reference page. 
• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page. 
• Authier, P. & Covillot, J. 2011. Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce). Saussurea 41: 131–170. Full issue PDF; 19 MB Reference page. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

العربية: فصة بحرية
беларуская: крайморска люцерна
English: Coastal Medick
euskara: Itsas alpapa
français: Luzerne marine
עברית: אספסת הים
magyar: Tengerparti lucerna
українська: Люцерна приморська
Tiếng Việt: Linh lăng biển

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