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Medicago rugosa Desr.

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HIGHER TAXON: Trifolieae

GENUS: Medicago L.

Medicago rugosa Desr. [Preferred name]
    Medicago elegans Willd. {Synonym}
    Medicago orbicularioides P.Candargy {Doubtful synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Rugose Medick [2443]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [454]; Libya (N) [454]; Tunisia (N) [454]
  Europe
Corsica (N) [454]; France (I) [454, 754]; Greece (N) [454, 754]; Italy (N) [454, 754, 1883]; Kriti (N) [454, 754, 2306]; Malta (N) [454, 2443]; Portugal (I) [454, 754]; Sardegna (N) [454, 754]; Sicilia (N) [454, 2935]; Spain (I) [454]
  Middle East
Cyprus (N) [454]; East Aegean Is(Greek) (N) [454]; Israel-Jordan (N) [454]; Lebanon-Syria (N) [454]; Turkey in Asia (N) [454]
  Pacific Ocean
Hawaii (I) [1949]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Mediterranean grasslands. [360];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [360, 368, 754, 1949, 2009] ; Distribution Map [2458] ; Illustration [368, 1883, 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, 1993 Adams BR, 1995 (Europe) Adams BR

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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

368.

  Jafri, S.M.N., 1980
    Fabaceae.In:Flora of Libya,Pt.86.Jaffri & El Gadi

454.

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

754.

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

1883.

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

1949.

  Wagner, W.L. et al, 1990
    Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii, Vol.1.

2009.

  Heyn, C.C., 1963
    Scripta Hierosolymitana(Publ.Hebrew Univ.Jersul.)12.Ann....

2016.

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

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

2458.

  Rihan, J.R., 1988
    Survey of forage Medicago sp. in Med..ILDIS,Univ.Southampton

2935.

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