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Taxon:  Medicago polymorpha L. var. vulgaris Shinners, nom. inval.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Leptospireae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23659
Place of publication:
Rhodora 58:310. 1956, nom. inval.
Comment:
not validly published (Melbourne ICN Art. 38.13), as Shinners cited M. denticulata var. vulgaris Benth., nom. inval. (Melbourne ICN Art. 26.2) as the basionym for his name and neither Bentham nor Shinners provided a Latin description or diagnosis for the variety; Shinners should have transferred the autonym, M. denticulata var. denticulata (Melbourne ICN Art. 11.6)
Verified:
10/26/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 Note: accepts; lists as M. polymorpha (Benth.) Shinners
  2. Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:75. Note: accepts; lists as M. polymorpha (Benth.) Shinners
  3. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990 Note: accepts; lists as M. polymorpha (Benth.) Shinners
  4. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008 Note: accepts; lists as M. polymorpha (Benth.) Shinners
  5. Kerguélen, M. Index synonymique de la Flore de France (on-line resource). 1999 Note: lists as M. polymorpha (Benth.) Shinners
  6. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963- Note: accepts; lists as M. polymorpha (Benth.) Shinners
  7. Stirton, C. H. 1982. The genus Medicago (Leguminosae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 14:31. Note: accepts; lists as M. polymorpha (Benth.) Shinners
  8. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966- Note: accepts; lists as M. polymorpha (Benth.) Shinners
  9. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966- Note: accepts; lists as M. polymorpha (Benth.) Shinners
  10. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74. 1996, 1999 Note: accepts; lists as M. polymorpha (Benth.) Shinners
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