Medicago turbinata

Medicago turbinata

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 turbinata

Name

Medicago turbinata (L.) All., Fl. Pedem. 1: 315 (1785).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Medicago polymorpha var. turbinata L., Sp. Pl.: 780 (1753).
• Heterotypic
  • Medicago polymorpha var. tuberculata Retz., Observ. Bot. 2: 23 (1781).
    • Medicago tuberculata (Retz.) Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1410 (1802).
  • Medicago apiculata Bastard, Essai Fl. Maine et Loire: 280 (1809), nom. illeg.
  • Medicago pubescens DC., Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 124 (1813).
    • Medicago tuberculata f. pubescens (DC.) Urb., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 72 (1873).
  • Medicago spinulosa DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 6: 569 (1815).
    • Medicago tuberculata var. spinulosa (DC.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 32 (1899).
    • Medicago turbinata subsp. spinulosa (DC.) Ponert, Feddes Repert. 83: 640 (1972 publ. 1973).
  • Medicago catalonica Schrank, Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac.: t. 28 (1819).
    • Medicago terebellum var. catalonica (Schrank) W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 5: 340 (1839).
    • Medicago tuberculata var. catalonica (Schrank) Pau, Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 4: 314 (1905).
  • Medicago rugosa d'Urv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 354 (1822), nom. illeg.
  • Medicago compressa Biroli ex Colla, Herb. Pedem. 2: 100 (1834).
  • Medicago tuberculata var. aculeata Moris, Fl. Caprar.: 36 (1839).
  • Medicago tuberculata var. vulgaris Moris, Fl. Caprar.: 36 (1839).
  • Medicago sphaerocarpa Costa, Introd. Fl. Cataluña: 60 (1864).
  • Medicago turbinata var. inermis Asch., Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1871(App.): 1 (1872).
  • Medicago tuberculata var. chiotica Urb., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 72 (1873).
  • Medicago tuberculata f. dextrorsa Urb., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 72 (1873).
  • Medicago tuberculata f. sinistrorsa Urb., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 72 (1873).
  • Medicago tuberculata var. syriaca Tod. ex Urb., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 72 (1873).
  • Medicago tuberculata var. apiculata Eichler, Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1882: 14 (1882).
  • Medicago tuberculata var. brevispina Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 32 (1899).
  • Medicago tuberculata var. submutica Evenari in H.R.Oppenheimer & M.Evenari, Fl. Cisjord.: 284 (1940).
  • Medicago tuberculata var. warburgiana Evenari in H.R.Oppenheimer & M.Evenari, Fl. Cisjord.: 284 (1940).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. Continental: Pacific Regional: South-Central Pacific Tubuai Islands. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Oregon. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. New Jersey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd 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. 

Additional references

• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
• Small, E. (2011). Alfalfa and relatives. Evolution and classification of Medicago: 1-727. NRC Research Press, Ottawa.
• Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Medicago turbinata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Medicago turbinata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Nov 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Medicago turbinata. Published online. Accessed: 22 Nov 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Medicago turbinata. Accessed: 22 Nov 2023.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Medicago turbinata. Accessed: 2023 Nov 22.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Medicago turbinata in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov 22.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Medicago turbinata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2021 Jun 11.

Vernacular names

English: Southern Medick

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