Distribution
Native to:
Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Austria, California, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Uruguay, Victoria, Western Australia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Medicago tribuloides var. truncatula (Gaertn.) W.D.J.Koch in Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 178 (1836)
- Medicago tribuloides subsp. truncatula (Gaertn.) Nyman in Consp. Fl. Eur.: 167 (1878)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Medica tribuloides (Desr.) Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 2: 477 (1899)
- Medicago crassispina Vis. in Flora 12(1 Erg.): 20 (1829)
- Medicago glabella C.Presl in J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl, Delic. Prag.: 44 (1822)
- Medicago hornemanniana Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 177 (1825)
- Medicago polymorpha var. tribuloides Desf. in Fl. Atlant. 2: 212 (1799)
- Medicago pubescens Hornem. in Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 726 (1815), nom. illeg.
- Medicago tentaculata Willd. in Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 3: 1413 (1802)
- Medicago tribuloides Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 635 (1792)
- Medicago tribuloides var. breviaculeata Moris in Fl. Sardoa 1: 441 (1837)
- Medicago tribuloides var. cosyrensis Sommier in Fl. Pantellaria: 27 (1922)
- Medicago tribuloides var. loneiaculeata (Urb.) Ball in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 413 (1878)
- Medicago tribuloides f. longepedunculata Pau in Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 5: 87 (1909)
- Medicago tribuloides var. muricata Menezes in Fl. Madeira: 43 (1914)
- Medicago tribuloides var. narbonensis Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 178 (1825)
- Medicago tribuloides var. rectiuscula Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 23 (1899)
- Medicago tribuloides var. subinermis Bég. & A.Vacc. in Ann. Bot. (Rome) 12: 107 (1914)
- Medicago tribuloides var. tentaculata (Willd.) P.Fourn. in Quatre Fl. France: 547 (1936)
- Medicago tribuloides proles tentaculata (Willd.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 23 (1899)
- Medicago tribuloides var. uncinata (Willd.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 22 (1899)
- Medicago truncatula var. breviaculeata (Moris) Urb. in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(App. 3): 2 (1873)
- Medicago truncatula var. cosyrensis (Sommier) Fiori in Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 834 (1925)
- Medicago truncatula f. dextrorsa Urb. in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 67 (1873)
- Medicago truncatula f. dextrorsa Urb. in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 68 (1873)
- Medicago truncatula var. heteracantha (Loret) Loret & Barrandon in Fl. Montpellier, éd. 2: 123 (1886)
- Medicago truncatula var. laciniata Batt. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33: 352 (1886)
- Medicago truncatula var. laxicycla (E.Small) E.Small in Alfalfa & Relatives: 644 (2011)
- Medicago truncatula f. laxicycla E.Small in Pl. Syst. Evol. 174: 38 (1991)
- Medicago truncatula var. longeaculeata Urb. in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(App. 3): 2 (1873)
- Medicago truncatula subsp. longeaculeata (Urb.) Ponert in Feddes Repert. 83: 639 (1972 publ. 1973)
- Medicago truncatula var. narbonensis Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 177 (1825)
- Medicago truncatula var. rectiuscula Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 23 (1899)
- Medicago truncatula var. rugosissima Maire & Weiller in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 30: 273 (1939)
- Medicago truncatula f. sinistrorsa Urb. in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 68 (1873)
- Medicago truncatula f. sinistrorsa Urb. in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 67 (1873)
- Medicago truncatula var. tentaculata (Willd.) Burnat in Fl. Alpes Marit. 2: 100 (1896)
- Medicago truncatula var. tribuloides (Desr.) Burnat in Fl. Alpes Marit. 2: 100 (1896), nom. superfl.
- Medicago truncatula f. tricycla Nègre in Compt.-Rend. Séances Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 17: 90 (1951)
- Medicago truncatula var. tricycla (Nègre) Heyn in Annual Sp. Medicago: 99 (1963)
- Medicago truncatula f. uncinata (Willd.) K.A.Lesins & I.Lesins in Gen. Medicago: 168 (1979)
- Medicago truncatula var. uncinata (Willd.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 22 (1899)
- Medicago uncinata Willd. in Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 3: 1417 (1802)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Bergmeier, E., Blockeel, T., Böhling, N., Fournaraki, C., Gotsiou, P., Jahn, R., Lansdown, R. & Turland, N. (2011). An inventory of the vascular plants and bryophytes of Gavdopoula island (S Aegean, Greece) and its phytogeographical significance. Willdenowia 41: 179-189.
- Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M. & Long, G. (eds.) (1989). Med-checklist 4: 1-458. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève.
- Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
- Llewellyn, O.A., Hall, M., Miller, A.G., Al-Abbasi, T.M., Al-Wetaid, A.H., Al-Harbi, R.J. & Al-Shammari, K.F. (2011). Important plant areas in the Arabian peninsula: 4. Jabal Aja. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 199-224.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
- Scholz, S. & al. (2021). Adiciones a la flora vascular de Fuerteventura (islas Canarias) IV. Botánica Macaronésica 31: 165-190.
- Townsend, C.C. (1974). Flora of Iraq 3: 1-662. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.
- Yakovlev, G.P., Sytin, A.K. & Roskov, Y.R. (1996). Legumes of Northern Eurasia. A checklist: 1-724. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Zervous, S., Raus, T. & Yannitsaros, A. (2009). Additons to the flora of the island of Kalimnos (SE Aegean, Greece). Willdenowia 39: 165-177.
- Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M. & Long, G. (eds.) (1989). Med-checklist 4: 1-458. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève.
- Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
- Llewellyn, O.A., Hall, M., Miller, A.G., Al-Abbasi, T.M., Al-Wetaid, A.H., Al-Harbi, R.J. & Al-Shammari, K.F. (2011). Important plant areas in the Arabian peninsula: 4. Jabal Aja. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 199-224.
- Small, E. (2011). Alfalfa and relatives. Evolution and classification of Medicago: 1-727. NRC Research Press, Ottawa.
- Townsend, C.C. (1974). Flora of Iraq 3: 1-662. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.
- Yakovlev, G.P., Sytin, A.K. & Roskov, Y.R. (1996). Legumes of Northern Eurasia. A checklist: 1-724. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Zervous, S., Raus, T. & Yannitsaros, A. (2009). Additons to the flora of the island of Kalimnos (SE Aegean, Greece). Willdenowia 39: 165-177.
- Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Grossheim, A. A. (1941). In: Flora URSS Vol. 11. Mosqua, Leningrad. (Rus)
- Harden, G. J. (Ed.) (1991). Flora of New South Wales, Vol 2. Kensington: New South Wales
- Haslam, S. M. et al. (1977). A Flora of the Maltese Islands
- Isaev, Ya. M. (1954). In: Flora Azerbaijana, Vol. 5. Baku. (Rus)
- Khassanov, O. Kh. (1972). Dikorastushchie lyutserny Srednei Asii. Tashkent. (Rus)
- Komarov, V. L. (1945). Flora of the U. S. S. R. Vol XI (Engl. Translation 1972)
- Quezel, P. & Santa, S. (1962). Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie et des regions desertiq. merid. 1
- Stace, C. (1991). New Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge Univ. Press
- Terrell, E. E. (1977). Checklist of Names for 3, 000 Vas. Pl... Agric. Handbook No. 505
- Vassilczenko, I. T. (1987). In: Flora Partis Europaeae URSS, Vol. 6. Leningrad. (Rus)
- Yakovlev G, Sytin A & Roskov Y (1996). Legumes of Northern Eurasia. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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International Legume Database and Information Service
- International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images