Medicago falcata L.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Medicago L.
Tribe: Trifolieae
References: [454][801][1869]

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Other names:

• Medicago aurantiaca Godron [Doubtful] [454]
  
• Medicago falcata L. Subsp. falcata [Synonym] 
  
• Medicago falcata L. Var. glandulosa Koch [Synonym] [454]
  
• Medicago falcata L. Subsp. glandulosa (Davidoff)Kozuh. [Synonym] [454]
  
• Medicago falcata L. Subsp. glandulosa (Koch)Greuter & Burdet [Synonym] [454]
  
• Medicago falcata L. Subsp. romanica (Prodan)O.Schwarz & Klinkowski [Synonym] [454]
  
• Medicago falcata L. Subsp. tenderiensis (Klokov)Vassilcz. [Synonym] [454]
  
• Medicago falcata L. Subsp. urumovii Degen [Synonym] [454]
  
• Medicago glandulosa Davidoff [Synonym] [454]
  
• Medicago glutinosa sensu Hayek [Synonym] [454]
  
• Medicago procumbens Besser [Synonym] [454]
  
• Medicago quasifalcata Sinsk. [Synonym] [1893]
  
• Medicago romanica Prodan [Synonym] [454]
  
• Medicago sativa L. Subsp. falcata (L.)Arcang. [Synonym] [454]
  
• Medicago sativa L. Subsp. glandulosa (Koch)Arcang. [Synonym] [454]
  
• Medicago talcata L. [Orthographic] 
  
• Medicago tenderiensis Klokov [Synonym] [454]
  

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Common Names:

• Blue Alfalfa [1862]
  
• Luzerne Sauvage [2459]
  
• Sichelklee [2205] [2459]
  
• Sickle Alfalfa [1862]
  
• Sickle Medick [1862] [2183] [2362]
  
• Yellow Lucerne [1862]
  
• Yellow-flowered Alfalfa [1902]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1991(W Asia)Lock JM & Simpson K
  • 1993 Adams BR
  • 1995(Europe)Adams BR
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Forage [1862] [2458]
  
• Weed [2015]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [454] [1862]
  • Morocco [454]
  • South Africa [279]

• Asia [1179] [1862] [1867] [1893] [1914] [1938] [2008] [2015]
  • Afghanistan [2008]
  • China [1179] [1914]
    • Xizang Zizhiqu [1914]
  • India [1862] [1914]
  • Iran [1867]
  • Mongolia [2015]
  • Nepal [1914]
  • Pakistan [1938]
  • USSR [1893] [2015]

• Australasia [1880]
  • Australia [1880]
    • Queensland
  • Tasmania [1880]

• Europe [454] [754] [1869] [1883] [2183] [2205] [2306] [2309] [2363] [2444] [2459] [2460]
  • Albania [454]
  • Austria [754]
  • Balearic Is [454]
  • Belgium [2459] [2460]
  • Bulgaria [454] [2309]
  • Corsica [454]
  • Czechoslovakia [754]
  • Denmark [754]
  • France [454]
  • Germany [754]
  • Great Britain [754] [2183]
  • Greece [454]
  • Hungary [754]
  • Ireland [754]
  • Italy [454] [1883]
  • Kriti [454] [2306]
  • Liechtenstein [2444]
  • Luxembourg [2459] [2460]
  • Netherlands [754]
  • Norway [754]
  • Poland [754]
  • Portugal [454]
  • Romania [754]
  • Spain [454] [2363]
  • Sweden [754]
  • Switzerland [754] [2205]
  • Turkey in Europe [454] [1869]
  • USSR:B-F.E. [754]
  • USSR:C-F.E. [754]
  • USSR:E-F.E. [754]
  • USSR:K-F.E. [454]
  • USSR:N-F.E. [754]
  • USSR:W-F.E. [754]
  • Yugoslavia [454]

• Middle East [454] [1862]
  • East Aegean Is(Greek) [454]
  • Lebanon [1862]
  • Syria [1862]
  • Turkey in Asia [454]

• North America [1115]
  • Alaska-Aleutian Is [1115]
  • Canada [1115]
  • United States

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Notes:

• A component of meadow-pasture rotations in steppe and forest zones [1862]
  
• Med-checklist distinguishes 4 doubtful subspecies [1862]
  
• Of economic importance as a parent of M.sativa subsp.x varia [1862]
  
• A component of meadow-pasture rotations in steppe and forest zones [454]
  
• Med-checklist distinguishes 4 doubtful subspecies [454]
  
• Of economic importance as a parent of M.sativa subsp.x varia [454]
  
• Doubtfully present in Cyprus, Algeria & Libya [454]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:21:37