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Medicago intertexta (L.)Mill.

HIGHER TAXON: Trifolieae

GENUS: Medicago L.

Medicago intertexta (L.)Mill. [Preferred name]

VERNACULAR NAME:
	Calvary Medic [1921]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Algeria (N) [454]; Canary Is (N) [1862]; Egypt (N) [454]; Madeira (N) [1862]; Morocco (N) [454]; South Africa (I) [580]; Tunisia (N) [454]
Asia: Iran (N) [1862]; Iraq (N) [1862]
Australasia: Australia (I) [1880];
Europe: Balearic Is (N) [454, 754]; Corsica (N) [454, 754]; France (N) [454, 754]; Greece (N) [454, 754]; Italy (N) [454, 754, 1883]; Kriti (N) [454, 2306]; Malta (N) [454, 2443]; Portugal (N) [754, 2443]; Sardegna (N) [754, 2443]; Sicilia (N) [454, 2935]; Spain (N) [454, 754, 2196]; Turkey in Europe (N) [454, 1869]
Middle East: Cyprus (N) [454]; East Aegean Is(Greek) (N) [454]; Israel-Jordan (N) [454]; Lebanon-Syria (N) [454]; Sinai (N) [454]; Turkey in Asia (N) [454]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Mediterranean grasslands. [360];
    Mediterranean woodland. [360];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [360, 1862, 1917, 1921] ; Illustration [360, 1917, 1921, 2016]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D, 2005-06 Roskov YR ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1991 (W Asia) Lock JM & Simpson K, 1993 Adams BR, 1995 (Europe) Adams BR

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

360.		Quezel, P. & Santa, S., 1962
		Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie et des regions desertiq.merid.1

454.		Greuter, W. et al. (Eds.), 1989
		Med-Checklist Vol.4 (published)

580.		Stirton, C.H., 1982
		Bothalia 14:27-35.The genus Medicago in southern Africa

754.		Heywood, V.H. & Ball, P.W., 1968
		Leguminosae.In:Flora Europaea Vol.2.ed.Tutin,T.G.et al.

1862.		Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E., 1974
		Flora of Iraq. Vol.3. Baghdad.

1869.		Davis, P.H., 1970
		Flora of Turkey & the East Aegean Islands; Vol. 3.

1880.		Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
		Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1883.		Pignatti, S., 1982
		Flora Italica. Edagicole, Bologna.

1917.		Harden, G.J.(Ed.), 1991
		Flora of New South Wales,Vol 2. Kensington: New South Wales

1921.		Jessop, J. & Toelken, H.R.(Eds.), 1986
		Flora of South Australia, Part 2.

2016.		Small, E. & Jomphe, M., 1989
		A Synopsis of the genus Medicago. Can.J.Bot 67:3260-3294

2196.		Dominguez, E., 1987
		Pap.in Flora Vasc.de Andalucia Occ. Ketres,Barcelona

2306.		Turland, N.J. et al., 1993
		Flora of the Cretan area

2443.		Haslam, S.M. et al., 1977
		A Flora of the Maltese Islands

2935.		Raimondo, F.M. & Schicchi, R., 1998
		Il popolamento vegetale della riserva naturale dello Zingaro