Medicago rigidula

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 rigidula

Name

Medicago rigidula (L.) All., 1785

Synonyms

Medica villosa (DC.) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 478 (1900)
Medicago agrestis Ten., Fl. Napol. 1: 71 (1811-1815)
Medicago banofcensis Kit., Linnaea, 32: 615 (1863)
Medicago bondevii Kozuharov, Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofija) 15: 157 (1965)
Medicago bonofcensis Kit., Linnaea, 32: 615 (1863)
Medicago cinerascens Jord., F. W. Schultz, Arch. Fl. France Allemagne: 316 (1854)
Medicago cinerascens var. longiseta Lamotte, Prodr. Fl. Fr. Plateau Central: 192 (1877)
Medicago depressa Jord., Cat. Graines Jard. Dijon 1848: 28 (1848)
Medicago gaditana Pérez Lara ex Willk., Österr. Bot. Z., 41(3): 85 (1891)
Medicago gerardii subsp. agrestis (Ten.) Bonnier & Layens, Fl. Fr.: 75 (1894)
Medicago gerardii var. minor Ser., DC., Prodr., 2: 179 (1825)
Medicago gerardii Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 1415 (1802)
Medicago germana Jord., F. W. Schultz, Arch. Fl. France Allemagne: 316 (1854)
Medicago mitis Delile ex Nyman, Consp. 168 (1878)
Medicago morisiana Jord., Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. ser. 2, 1: 264 (1851)
Medicago muricata (L.) Allioni, Fl. Pedem., 1: 316 (1785)
Medicago obscura var. muricata (L.) Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 24 (1899)
Medicago polymorpha var. rigidula L., Sp. Pl.: 780 (1753)
Medicago polymorpha var. muricata L., Sp. Pl., 2: 781 (1753)
Medicago pseudogerardi Schur, Verh. Naturf. Ver. Bruenn, 15(2): 174 (1877)
Medicago rigidula f. cinerascens (Jord.) Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 15: 156 (1965)
Medicago rigidula f. discoidea Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 15: 156 (1965)
Medicago rigidula f. elegans Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 15: 155 (1965)
Medicago rigidula f. pastoralis Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 15: 155 (1965)
Medicago rigidula f. submitis (Boiss.) Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 15: 156 (1965)
Medicago rigidula f. subnodulosa Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 15: 155 (1965)
Medicago rigidula subsp. agrestis (Ten.) Ponert, Feddes Repert. 83: 640 (1973)
Medicago rigidula subsp. cinerascens (Jord.) Ponert, Feddes Repert. 83: 639 (1973)
Medicago rigidula subsp. zoharyi Ponert, Feddes Repert. 83: 640 (1973)
Medicago rigidula var. agrestis (Ten.) Burnat, Fl. Alpes Marit. 2: 102 (1892)
Medicago rigidula var. brevispina Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 26 (1899)
Medicago rigidula var. cinerascens (Jord.) Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 26 (1899)
Medicago rigidula var. compacta Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 15: 155 (1965)
Medicago rigidula var. compacta Kozuharov f.viscosa Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 15: 155 (1965)
Medicago rigidula var. eriocarpa Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 26 (1899)
Medicago rigidula var. gerardii (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Burnat, Fl. Alp. Marit., 2: 101 (1896)
Medicago rigidula var. germana (Jord.) Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 25 (1899)
Medicago rigidula var. lamottei Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 26 (1899)
Medicago rigidula var. minor (Ser.) Morariu, Fl. Rom., 5: 133 (1957)
Medicago rigidula var. morisiana (Jord.) Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 25 (1899)
Medicago rigidula var. submitis Boiss., Fl. Orient., 2: 101 (1872)
Medicago rigidula var. suffrutescens Willk. ex Pérez Lara, Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., 21: 246 (1892)
Medicago rigidula var. turbiniformis Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 15: 156 (1965)
Medicago timeroyi Jord., Cat. Graines Jard. Dijon 1848: 29 (1848)
Medicago tomentosa Chevall., Fl. Gen. Env. Paris, 2: 782 (1827)
Medicago villosa DC., Fl. Fr. 4: 545 (1805), non Brot (1804)
Medicago verlotii Songeon & E.P.Perrier
Medicago villosula Baumg.
Onobrychis davisii Ponert
Onobrychis hakkariensis Ponert

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, East Aegean Is.
Introduced into:
- California, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, Hungary

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

References

Primary references

Allioni, C. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii. Tomus primus. 344 pp. Augustae Taurinorum. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 316

Additional references

Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
Lesins K. A., Lesins I., 1979 - Genus Medicago (Leguminosae), a taxogenetic study. Dr. W. Lunk, Publishers, The Hauge.
Small E., Jomphe M., 1989 - A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Can. J. Bot. 67: 3260–3291.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Medicago rigidula 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 rigidula. Published online. Accessed: Jun 11 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Medicago rigidula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Jun 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Medicago rigidula. 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 rigidula. Accessed: 11 Jun 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Field Medick