Medicago orbicularis

Medicago orbicularis

Medicago orbicularis

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 orbicularis

Name

Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal., 1776

Synonyms

• Medica inermis Lam., Fl. Fr. 2: 586 (1779)
• Medica orbicularis (L.) Medik., Vorles. Churf. Phys. Ges. 2: 886 (1787)
• Medica orbiculata Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 474 (1900)
• Medicago ambigua Jord. ex Boreau, Fl. Centr. Fr. ed. III. 2: 147 (1857)
• Medicago applanata Willd. ex Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. Suppl 85 (1819)
• Medicago biancae (Urb.) P.Silva, Agron. Lusit. 35: 298 (1974)
• Medicago biancae Tod ex Urb., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 60 (1873)
• Medicago clypeata Lindl., Bot. Reg. (1839) Misc. 60
• Medicago cuneata J.Woods, Tourists Fl.: 84 (1850)
• Medicago echinata (Lam.) Steud., Nom. ed. II. 2: 109 (1808)
• Medicago marginata Willd., Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 802 (1809)
• Medicago orbicularis (L.) All., Fl. Ped. 1: 314 (1785)
• Medicago orbicularis f. applanata Costa, Introd. Fl. Cataluna: 59 (1864)
• Medicago orbicularis f. biancae (Tod.) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 60 (1873)
• Medicago orbicularis f. canescens Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 60 (1873)
• Medicago orbicularis f. glabella Abdullah in Khass., Dikornst. Lyust. Sred. Asii: 86 (1972)
• Medicago orbicularis f. glanduligera Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci. Reports, 15: 149 (1965)
• Medicago orbicularis f. glandulosa Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 60 (1873)
• Medicago orbicularis f. macrocarpa (Rouy) Casellas, Coll. Bot., 6: 223 (1962)
• Medicago orbicularis f. microcarpa Casellas, Coll. Bot., 6: 224 (1962)
• Medicago orbicularis f. pilosa (Benth.) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 60 (1873)
• Medicago orbicularis f. praecox Sinskaya, Fl. Cult. Pl. U. S. S. R., 13(1): 176 (1950)
• Medicago orbicularis f. rubra Sinskaya, FI. Cult. Pl. U. S. S. R.,13(1): 177 (1950)
• Medicago orbicularis f. tardiflora Sinskaya, Fl. Cult. Pl. U. S. S. R., 13(1): 176 (1950)
• Medicago orbicularis f. viridis Sinskaya, Fl. Cult. Pl. U. S. S. R., 13(1): 177 (1950)
• Medicago orbicularis subsp. castellana (Casellas) P.Monts., Soc. Ech. Pl. Vasc. Eur. Occid. Bassin. Medit. H. Bull., fasc. no. 15: 76 1972-1973 (1974)
• Medicago orbicularis subsp. marginata (Willd.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 167 (1878)
• Medicago orbicularis var. applanata (Willd.) Nègre, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 50: 285 (1959)
• Medicago orbicularis var. biancae (Tod. ex Urb.) Batt., Fl. Algérie [Batt. & Trab.] Dicot.: 226 (1889)
• Medicago orbicularis var. castellana Casellas, Coll. Bot., 6: 224 (1962)
• Medicago orbicularis var. catholica Nègre, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 50: 286 (1959)
• Medicago orbicularis var. cuneata (J.Woods) Fiori, Fl. Ital., 2: 34 (1900)
• Medicago orbicularis var. glandulosa (Urb.) Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 18 (1899)
• Medicago orbicularis var. hebecarpa Pancic, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 6: 479 (1856)
• Medicago orbicularis var. laxicycla Salisb., Flora, 17: 54 (1834)
• Medicago orbicularis var. macrocarpa Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 18 (1899)
• Medicago orbicularis var. marginata (Willd.) Benth., Cat. Pl. Pyrendes: 100 (1826)
• Medicago orbicularis var. microcarpa Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 18 (1899)
• Medicago orbicularis var. microcarpa Ser., DC., Prodr., 2: 174 (1825)
• Medicago orbicularis var. pilosa (Willd.) Benth., Cat. Pl. Pyr.: 101 (1826)
• Medicago orbicularis var. undulata Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 18 (1899)
• Medicago orbiculata Gaertn., De Fruct., 2: 349 (1791)
• Medicago polymorpha var. orbicularis L., Sp. Pl.: 779 (1753)
• Medicago viscidula Bellardi ex Colla
• Pocockia applanata (Willd. ex Hornem.) Trautv.
• Pocockia marginata (Willd.) Trautv.
• Pocockia orbicularis (L.) Trautv.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Romania, Sicilia, Yugoslavia Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia. Regional: Southern Africa Zimbabwe Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India, Pakistan, West Himalaya Introduced into: Alabama, California, Czechoslovakia, Florida, Georgia, Hungary, Illinois, Japan, New South Wales, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Queensland, South Australia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Victoria, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Bartalini, B. 1776. Catalogo delle piante che nascono spontaneamente intorno alla citta' di Siena 60.

• 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

• Chester, E.W., Wofford, B.E., Shaw, J.T., Estes, D. & Webb, D.H. (eds.) 2015. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee. 813 pp., University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. ISBN 978-1-62190-100-6. Reference page. 
• 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 orbicularis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Medicago orbicularis. Published online. Accessed: Jun 10 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Medicago orbicularis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Jun 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Medicago orbicularis. 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 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Medicago orbicularis. Accessed: 10 Jun 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Medicago orbicularis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2021 Jun 10.

Vernacular names

English: Button Clover, Button Medick

For more multimedia, look at Medicago orbicularis on Wikimedia Commons.