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Taxon:  Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
104921
Place of publication:
Fl. sred. juz. ross. 1:226. 1895
Verified:
05/22/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Medicago sativa L. (27 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. (4 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. falcata (L.) Doll (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. viscosa (Rchb.) Posp. (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. glomerata (Balb.) Rouy (1 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa (11 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. tunetana Murb. (2 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medicago caerulea Less. ex Ledeb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago hemicoerulea Sinskaya
Medicago sativa L. subsp. microcarpa Urb.
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Reference(s)
  1. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 Note: "coerulea"
  2. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  3. Gunn, C. R. et al. 1978. Classification of Medicago sativa L. using legume characters and flower colors. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1574:10.
  4. Havananda, T. et al. 2010. Relationships among diploid members of the Medicago sativa (Fabaceae) species complex based on chloroplast and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Syst. Bot. 35:140-150. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  5. Ivanov, A. I. Alfalfa [Lyutserna]. In Lenin Acad. Agric. Sciences, D. D. Brezhnev, ed. 1980
  6. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 Note: = M. caerulea Less. ex Ledeb.
  7. Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. 1979 98. Note: "coerulea"
  8. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989 Note: = M. sativa subsp. microcarpa Urb.
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  10. Small, E. Alfalfa and relatives: evolution and classification of Medicago. 2011 Note: NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Canada
  11. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  12. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996
Common names
English
blue alfalfa –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey n.e.
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Turkey (n.e.)
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
Naturalized
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
Economic Uses


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