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Medicago sativa ssp. sativa L.

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HIGHER TAXON: Trifolieae

GENUS: Medicago L.

Medicago sativa ssp. sativa L. [Preferred name]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Alfalfa [1869, 1902, 1915]; Lucerne [1902, 1915, 2183]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (I) [454]; Egypt (I) [454]; Libya (I) [454]; Morocco (I) [454]; Tunisia (I) [454]
  Asia
India (I) [1914]; Iran (I) [1861]; Iraq (I) [1861]; Pakistan (N) [1938]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]
  Europe
Albania (I) [454, 754]; Austria (I) [754]; Balearic Is (I) [454, 754]; Belgium (I) [754]; Bulgaria (I) [454, 754]; Corsica (I) [454, 754]; Czechoslovakia (I) [754]; Denmark (I) [754]; Finland (I) [754]; France (I) [454, 754]; Germany (I) [754]; Great Britain (I) [754, 2183]; Greece (I) [454, 754]; Hungary (I) [754]; Ireland (I) [754]; Italy (I) [454, 754, 1883]; Kriti (I) [454, 754, 2306]; Netherlands (I) [754]; Norway (I) [754]; Poland (I) [754]; Portugal (I) [454, 754]; Romania (I) [754]; Sardegna (I) [454, 754]; Sicilia (I) [454]; Spain (I) [454, 754, 2196]; Sweden (I) [754]; Switzerland (I) [754]; Turkey in Europe (I) [454, 754, 1869]; Yugoslavia (I) [454, 754]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]
  Middle East
Cyprus (I) [454]; East Aegean Is(Greek) (I) [454]; Israel-Jordan (I) [454]; Lebanon-Syria (I) [454]; Turkey in Asia (I) [454]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [754, 1861, 1915, 1921, 2196] ; Illustration [1861, 1915, 1921, 2016, 2196]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1915] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb [1915] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1915] ; 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 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Adams BR, 1995 (Europe) Adams BR, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Forage [754, 1869, 1915]

  
NOTES:
  Possible origin in the western distribution range of subsp.microcarpa [2016]
  Native range, if such ever existed, cannot now be discerned [2016]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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.

1861.

  Rechinger, K.H., 1984
    Flora Iranica. 157: Papilionaceae II.

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.

1902.

  Terrell, E.E., 1977
    Checklist of Names for 3,000 Vas.Pl... Agric.Handbook No.505

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1921.

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

1938.

  Ali, S.I., 1977
    Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

2016.

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

2183.

  Stace, C., 1991
    New Flora of the British Isles.Cambridge Univ.Press

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
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