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Medicago orbicularis (L.)Bartal.

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HIGHER TAXON: Trifolieae

GENUS: Medicago L.

Medicago orbicularis (L.)Bartal. [Preferred name]
    Medicago applanata Hornem. {Synonym}
    Medicago biancae (Urb.)P.Silva {Synonym}
    Medicago cuneata Woods {Synonym}
    Medicago marginata Willd. {Synonym}
    Medicago orbicularis (L.)All. {Synonym}
    Medicago polymorpha var. orbicularis L. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Button Clover [1862, 2008]; Button Medic [1862, 1917]; Button Medick [1862]; Chiganok Beda [2985, 4279]; Luindashakl [2985, 4279]; Lyutzerna Okruglaya [3552]; Round-fruited Medick [2443]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [454]; Canary Is (N) [1862]; Egypt (N) [454]; Ethiopia (I) [24]; Libya (N) [454]; Madeira (N) [1862]; Morocco (N) [454]; South Africa (I) [580]; Tunisia (N) [454]
  Asia
Afghanistan (N) [1872]; Armenia (N) [2985, 4167]; Azerbaijan (N) [2985]; Azerbaijan* [2185, 4169]; Gruzia (N) [2985]; Abkhazia [2985, 4296, 4297]; Gruzia* [2185]; India (N) [1862, 1914, 3143]; Jammu-Kashmir [3143]; Punjab [3143]; Iran (N) [1861]; Iraq (N) [1862]; Kazakhstan (N) [2985]; Chimkent [2985, 3550]; Kirgizstan (N) [2985]; Osh [2985, 4621, 4665]; Pakistan (N) [1938]; Russia in Asia (N) [2985]; Checheno-Ingushetia [2185, 2985]; Dagestan [2185, 2985]; Karacheyevo-Cherkessia [2185, 2985]; Krasnodar [2185, 2985]; Stavropol [2185, 2985]; Tadzhikistan (N) [2985]; Dushanbe [2985, 3566]; Kulyab [2985, 3566]; Kurgan-Tyube [2985, 3566]; Turkmenistan (N) [2985]; Ashkhabad [2985, 4155, 4575]; Chardzhou [2985, 4155]; Krasnovodsk [2985, 4155, 4575]; Mary [2985, 4575]; Uzbekistan (N) [2985]; Fergana [2985, 3556]; Kashkadarinskaya [2985, 3556]; Khorezm [2985, 3556]; Samarkand [2985, 3556]; Tashkent [2985, 3556]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880];
  Europe
Albania (N) [454, 754]; Balearic Is (N) [454, 754]; Bulgaria (N) [454, 754, 2309]; Corsica (N) [454, 754]; France (N) [454, 754]; Greece (N) [454, 754]; Hungary (I) [754]; Italy (N) [454, 754, 1883]; Kriti (N) [454, 754, 2306]; Malta (N) [454, 2443]; Portugal (N) [454, 754]; Romania (N) [754]; Sardegna (N) [454, 754]; Sicilia (N) [454, 754, 2935]; Spain (N) [454, 754, 2196]; Turkey in Europe (N) [454, 1869]; Ukraine (N) [2985]; Krym [2985, 4079, 4330, 4686]; Yugoslavia (N) [454, 754]
  Middle East
Cyprus (N) [454]; East Aegean Is(Greek) (N) [454]; Israel (N) [1862]; Jordan (N) [1862]; Lebanon (N) [1862]; Oman (I) [2220]; Saudi Arabia (I) [1859]; Syria (N) [1862]; Turkey in Asia (N) [454]
  North America
United States (I) [1271, 3157]; Alabama [3157]; California [3157]; Florida [3157]; Georgia [3157]; Mississippi [3157]; North Carolina [3157]; Oklahoma [3157]; South Carolina [3157]; Texas [3157]
  South America
Chile (U) [1444]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane (upland) anthropic landscapes [24];
    Afromontane grassland [24];
    Afromontane(upland) bushland and thicket. [24];
    Mediterranean grasslands. [360];
    Mediterranean woodland. [360];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 360, 368, 754, 1861, 1862, 1917, 1938, 2009, 2196, 3551, 3552] ; Distribution Map [2185] ; Illustration [368, 1859, 1861, 1862, 1917, 2016, 2196, 2309, 3550, 3557, 4167, 4182]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3552] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Herb [3552] ; Lifespan: Annual [3552] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D, 2005-06 Roskov YR ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1991 (W Asia) Lock JM & Simpson K, 1993 Adams BR, 1993-1996 (N Eurasia) Roskov Y, Sytin A, Yakovlev, 1995 (Europe) Adams BR, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane

  
USES:
  Environmental [1862, 2008]; Forage [1862, 2008, 2985, 3566]; Weed [1862]

  
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