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Taxon:  Medicago truncatula Gaertn.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Pachyspireae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23705
Place of publication:
Fruct. sem. pl. 2:350, t. 155, fig. 7. 1791
Verified:
06/11/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
388 (388  active, 7  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Medicago truncatula (39 active accession[s])
Medicago truncatula var. littoralis (2 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medicago truncatula Gaertn. f. tricycla Negre

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago tribuloides Desr.
Medicago tribuloides Desr. var. breviaculeata Moris
Medicago truncatula Gaertn. var. breviaculeata (Moris) Urb.
Medicago truncatula Gaertn. var. longiaculeata Urb.
Medicago truncatula Gaertn. var. tribuloides (Desr.) Burnat
Medicago truncatula Gaertn. var. tricycla (Negre) Heyn
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
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Common names
English
barrel medic –
barrel-clover –
caltrop medic –
cylindrical bur medic –
strong-spine medick –
French
luzerne tronquée –
Italian
medica troncata –
Spanish
trébol barril –
Swedish
tornlusern –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern Asia******  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey w. & s.
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina c.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay s. & w.
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, ******, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (w. & s.)
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (c.), Uruguay (s. & w.)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Environmental
soil improver (fide Trop Leg; Cover Crop Database) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kellerman et al.) –
Weed
potential seed contaminant (fide Can J Bot 67:3270. 1989) –


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