Medicago monantha (C.Meyer)Trautv.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Medicago L.
Tribe: Trifolieae
References: [454][2016][2017]

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Other names:

• Trigonella incisa Benth. [Synonym] 
  
• Trigonella monantha C.Meyer [Synonym] [454][2016]
  
• Trigonella monantha C.Meyer Subsp. noeana (Boiss.)Greuter [Synonym] 
  
• Trigonella noeana Boiss. [Synonym] 
  

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Descriptors:

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

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Kenya [8]

• Asia [1861] [1872] [1938] [2015]
  • Afghanistan [1872]
  • Iran [1861]
  • Iraq [1861]
  • Mongolia [1938]
  • Pakistan [1938]
  • USSR [2015]

• Middle East [454] [1899] [1900] [2016]
  • Israel-Jordan [454]
  • Lebanon [2016]
  • Qatar [1899]
  • Saudi Arabia [1900]
  • Syria [2016]
  • Turkey in Asia [454]

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Notes:

• Med-checklist recognises 2 subspp., of which 1, noeana, planted in Africa.
  
• Rechinger (1984) distinguishes 4 ssp. of Trigonella monantha.
  
• Small, Lassen & Brookes (1987) lump all together. [454]
  
• Medicago monantha (C.Meyer)Trautv.: Synonym [04/05/93 12:20] [454]
  
• Trigonella monantha C.Meyer: Accepted [04/05/93 12:20] [454]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:19:40