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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Medicago

Hierarchical position of the Genus Medicago

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Fabales Bromhead pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838. common name: legumes       Familia  Fabaceae Lindl. pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 148. Jul 1836. common name: Leguminosae       Familia  Leguminosae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 345. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.       Genus  Medicago L. common name: alfalfa

Named members of the Genus Medicago

1	Species  apiculata auct. non Willd. syn. Medicago polymorpha
2	Species  arabica (L.) Huds.
	3    Subspecies  inermis Ricker syn. Medicago arabica
4	Species  denticulata Willd. syn. Medicago polymorpha
5	Species  falcata L. syn. Medicago sativa ssp. falcata
6	Species  heldreichii E. Small common name: Heldreich's alfalfa
7	Species  hispida Gaertn.
	8    Varietas  apiculata (Willd.) Urban syn. Medicago polymorpha 9    Varietas  confinis (W.D.J. Koch) Burnat syn. Medicago polymorpha
10	Species  hybrida (Pourret) Trautv. common name: hybrid alfalfa
11	Species  laciniata (L.) P. Mill. common name: cutleaf medick
12	Species  littoralis Rhode ex Loisel.
	13    Varietas  inermis Moris syn. Medicago littoralis
14	Species  lupulina L.
	15    Varietas  cupaniana (Guss.) Boiss. syn. Medicago lupulina 16    Varietas  glandulosa Neilr. syn. Medicago lupulina
17	Species  maculata Sibth. syn. Medicago arabica
18	Species  minima (L.) L.
	19    Varietas  compacta Neyraut syn. Medicago minima 20    Varietas  longiseta DC. syn. Medicago minima 21    Varietas  pubescens Webb syn. Medicago minima
22	Species  monantha (C.A. Mey.) Trautv. common name: medick
23	Species  monspeliaca (L.) Trautv. common name: hairy medick
24	Species  orbicularis (L.) Bartalini common name: blackdisk medick
25	Species  polycarpa Willd. syn. Medicago polymorpha
26	Species  polymorpha L.
	27    Varietas  brevispina (Benth.) Heyn syn. Medicago polymorpha 28    Varietas  ciliaris (Ser.) Shinners syn. Medicago polymorpha 29    Varietas  polygyra (Urban) Shinners syn. Medicago polymorpha 30    Varietas  tricycla (Gren. & Godr.) Shinners syn. Medicago polymorpha 31    Varietas  vulgaris (Benth.) Shinners syn. Medicago polymorpha
32	Species  praecox DC. common name: Mediterranean medick
33	Species  rigidula (L.) All. common name: Tifton burclover
34	Species  rugosa Desr. common name: wrinkled medick
35	Species  ruthenica (L.) Trautv. common name: alfalfa
36	Species  sativa L. common name: alfalfa
	37    Subspecies  falcata (L.) Arcang. common name: yellow alfalfa 38    Subspecies  sativa common name: alfalfa 39    Subspecies  varia (Martyn) Arcang. syn. Medicago sativa ssp. sativa
40	Species  scutellata (L.) P. Mill. common name: snail medick
41	Species  tribuloides Desr. ex Lam. syn. Medicago truncatula
42	Species  truncatula Gaertner (incl.
	43    Varietas  longeaculeata Urban) common name: barrelclover
44	Species  turbinata (L.) All. common name: southern medick
45	Species  x varia Martyn syn. Medicago sativa ssp. sativa

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.