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Taxon: Medicago truncatula Gaertn.

Genus: Medicago section: Spirocarpos subsection: Pachyspireae
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Trifolieae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 23705
Place of publication: Fruct. sem. pl. 2:350, t. 155, fig. 7. 1791
Name verified on: 11-Jun-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 03-Oct-2008
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 359 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • only available ) NPGS core subset accessions for the crop ‘MEDIC’ ) or .


Common names:

  • barrel medic   (Source: F Iraq ) – English
  • barrel-clover   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  • strong-spined medick   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • luzerne tronquée   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • trébol barril   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
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Economic importance:

  • Environmental: soil improver   (fide Trop Leg; Cover Crop Database)
  • Animal food: forage   (fide Leg Queensl)
  • Gene sources: research in plant biology; potential gene source for alfalfa   (fide Genet Research 89:108; for disease resistance fide Agron Monog 29:119.)
  • Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kellerman et al.)
  • Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Can J Bot 67:3270. 1989)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
    Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Cyprus; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey [w. & s.]
    Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia
    Middle Asia: Turkmenistan
  • EUROPE
    East Europe: Ukraine [incl. Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • AUSTRALASIA
    Australia: Australia
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Southern South America: Argentina [c.]; Uruguay [s. & w.]

References:

  • Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya. (F Libya)
  • Badri, M. et al. 2007. Quantitative and molecular genetic variation in sympatric populations of Medicago laciniata and M. truncatula (Fabaceae):relationships with eco-geographical factors. In: Cambridge University Press, Genetical research. Cambridge. (Genet Research) 89:107–122.
  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Eriksson, O. et al. 1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2. (L Macar ed2)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • Hacker, J. B. 1990. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland. (Leg Queensl)
  • Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:95.
  • Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. (L Aust)
  • Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008 (F ConoSur)
  • Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. (L Canaries)
  • Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. (L Maroc)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR) [= M. tribuloides Desr.].
  • Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. (Gen Medicago) 166.
  • Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban)
  • National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. (Trop Leg)
  • Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. (F Ital)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979–1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones. (F Tunis)
  • Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. (F Alger)
  • Quiros, C. F. & G. R. Bauchan. 1988. The genus Medicago and the origin of the Medicago sativa complex. In: American Society of Agronomy, Agronomy; a series of monographs. (Agron Monog) 29:93–124.
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Sales, F. & I. C. Hedge. 1994. Medicago L. (Leguminosae): typification and nomenclature. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 51:323.
  • Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 32:3270.
  • Small, E. et al. 1981. The taxonomic value of floral characters in tribe Trigonelleae (Leguminosae), with special reference to Medicago. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1581.
  • Small, E. et al. 1991. Medicago truncatula f. laxicycla (Leguminosae), a new taxon with loose fruit coiling promoting rapid germination of the fruit-retained seeds. Pl. Syst. Evol. 174:37–46.
  • Small, E. 1981. A numerical analysis of major groupings in Medicago employing traditionally used characters. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1555.
  • Smythies, B. E. 1984–1986. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882. (L Spain)
  • Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2. (SF Egypt)
  • Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq. (F Iraq)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database. (Cover Crop Database)
  • Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. (Leg NEurasia)
  • Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)
  • Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999 (L Argent)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Medicago truncatula Gaertn.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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