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Medicago scutellata (L.)Mill.

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GENUS: Medicago L.

Medicago scutellata (L.)Mill. [Preferred name]
    Medicago polymorpha var. scutellata L. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Lyutzerna Shchitkovidnaya [3552]; Shield Medick [2443]; Snail Medic [1902, 1921]; Snail Medick [2080]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [454]; Morocco (N) [454]; South Africa (I) [580]; Tunisia (N) [454]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Tasmania (I) [1880]
  Europe
Austria (I) [754]; 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, 754, 2306]; Malta (N) [454, 2443]; Portugal (U) [454]; Sardegna (N) [454, 754]; Sicilia (N) [454, 2935]; Spain (N) [454, 754, 2196]; Turkey in Europe (N) [454, 1869]; Ukraine (U) [2985]; Dnepropetrovsk [2985, 4694]; Krym [2985, 4686, 4694]; Odessa [2985, 4694]; Yugoslavia (N) [454, 754]
  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
New Zealand(South) (I) [2080]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Mediterranean anthropic landscapes. [360];
    Mediterranean grasslands. [360];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [360, 456, 754, 1869, 1917, 1919, 1921, 2009, 2196, 3552] ; Distribution Map [2363] ; Illustration [360, 456, 879, 1917, 1919, 2009, 2016, 2196]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3552] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb [3552] ; Lifespan: Annual, Perennial [3552] ; 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, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 Adams BR, 1993-1996 (N Eurasia) Roskov Y, Sytin A, Yakovlev, 1995 (Europe) Adams BR, 2005 (CIS) Roskov Yu, SytinA, YakovlevG (SJ2005)

  
USES:
  Forage [1919]

  
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)

456.

  Negre, R., 1961
    Petite flore des regions arides du Maroc occidentale.1.CNRS.

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.

879.

  Reichenbach, H.G., 1869
    Icones Florae Germanicae et Helveticae..., Vol.22.Lipsia.

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

1917.

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

1919.

  Hacker, J.B., 1990
    A Guide to Herbaceous and Shrub Legumes of Queensland.

1921.

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

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

2080.

  Webb, C.J. et al., 1988
    Flora of New Zealand Vol IV

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

2363.

  Bolos, O.de & Vigo, J., 1984
    Flora dels Paisos Catalans Vol.1

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

2985.

  Yakovlev G, Sytin A & Roskov Y, 1996
    Legumes of Northern Eurasia. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

3552.

  Grossheim, A.A., 1941
    In: Flora URSS Vol. 11. Mosqua, Leningrad. (Rus)
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