Medicago sativa L. Subsp. microcarpa Urban

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Medicago L.
Tribe: Trifolieae
Rank: Subsp.
Subspecies: microcarpa
Subspecies authority: Urban
References: [454]

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Other names:

• Medicago caerulea Ledeb. [Synonym] [454]
  
• Medicago coerulea Ledeb. [Orthographic] 
  
• Medicago sativa L. Subsp. caerulea (Ledeb.)Schmalh. [Synonym] [754][904]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
  • 1993 Adams BR
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Forage [2015]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Egypt [454]

• Asia [2008] [2015]
  • Iran [2008]
  • USSR [2015]

• Europe [454] [754]
  • USSR:E-F.E. [754]
  • USSR:K-F.E. [754]

• Middle East [454]
  • Turkey in Asia [454]

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Notes:

• The non-cultivated wild ancestor that gave rise by autopolyploydy to subsp.
  
• sativa. [2016]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:21:45