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Taxon:  Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Pachyspireae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
314582
Place of publication:
A. Fiori & G. Paoletti, Iconogr. fl. ital. ed. 2:237. 1921
Comment:
Fiori, in Nuov. fl. ital. 1:832. 1925, first united M. italica and M. tornata, two names of equal priority, choosing M. italica
Verified:
02/15/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
45 (45  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medica italica Mill.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
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Reference(s)
  1. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976- Note: = M. tornata (L.) Mill.
  2. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  3. Greuter, W. 1986. Medicago italica (Miller) Fiori. In: W. Greuter & T. Raus (eds.), Med-Checklist notulae, 13. Willdenowia 16:112-113. http://www.bgbm.org/bgbmpress/willdenowia.htm
  4. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 2:874. http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  5. Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:85. Note: = M. tornata (L.) Mill.
  6. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990 Note: = M. tornata (L.) Mill.
  7. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 Note: = M. tornata (L.) Mill.
  8. 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
  9. Pottier-Alapetite, G. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones. 1979-1981
  10. Sales, F. & I. C. Hedge. 1994. Medicago L. (Leguminosae): typification and nomenclature. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 51:322. Note: lectotypifies
  11. Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3270.
  12. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966- Note: = M. tornata (L.) Mill.
Common names
English
disc medic –
Swedish
skivlusern –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya n.w.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated    also cult.
3AdventiveAsia-TemperateWestern Asia******  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Libya (n.w.), Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)
Adventive
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: ******
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Economic Uses
Animal food


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