Medicago caerulea var. pauciflora information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
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Taxon: Medicago caerulea Less. ex Ledeb. var. pauciflora (Ledeb.) Grossh.

Synonym of Medicago sativa L.

Genus: Medicago section: Medicago
Family: Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Nomen number: 23568
Place of publication: V. L. Komarov, Fl. URSS 11:151. 1945
Name verified on: 22-May-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 10-Jul-2001
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

References:

Gunn, C. R. et al. 1978. Classification of Medicago sativa L. using legume characters and flower colors. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1574:10. [= M. sativa subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.].
Small, E. 1989. pers. comm. [probably a recombinant, sspp. falcata × sativa].

Check other web resources for Medicago caerulea Less. ex Ledeb. var. pauciflora (Ledeb.) Grossh.:

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ILDIS: World Database of Legumes

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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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/taxon.pl?23568 (19 May 2013)

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