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United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)



	GRIN Taxonomy for Plants

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Genus: Medicago L.
sect. Spirocarpos

Family: Fabaceae subfamily Faboideae tribe Trifolieae
Altfamily: Leguminosae

Also sometimes placed in: Papilionaceae

Genus number: 18974
Last updated: 19-Jan-2005
Comment: all 0 accepted species are in GRIN.

Complete List of Accepted Species Records.

References for section:

There are no references for this section in GRIN.

Subdivisions of section Spirocarpos:

Subgenus	Section	Subsection	Series	Subseries
	Spirocarpos
	Spirocarpos	Intertextae
	Spirocarpos	Leptospireae
	Spirocarpos	Pachyspireae
	Spirocarpos	Rotatae

Images:

Disseminule drawings (Medicago ciliaris): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
Embryo drawing (Medicago intertexta): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
Fruit (Medicago laciniata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Fruit (Medicago littoralis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Fruit (Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Fruit (Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Fruit (Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Fruit (Medicago praecox): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Fruit (Medicago rigidula): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Fruit (Medicago rugosa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Fruit (Medicago truncatula): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Fruit (Medicago turbinata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Medicago arabica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Medicago minima): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Medicago polymorpha): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Medicago polymorpha): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Medicago polymorpha var. denticulata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Medicago praecox): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Medicago scutellata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Medicago truncatula): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?18974 (20 May 2013)

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