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Taxon: Medicago granadensis Willd.

Genus: Medicago section: Spirocarpos subsection: Intertextae
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Trifolieae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 23589
Place of publication: Enum. pl. 2:803. 1809
Name verified on: 16-Feb-1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 01-Mar-2004
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 13 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • only available ) NPGS core subset accessions for the crop ‘MEDIC’ ) or .


Distributional range:

Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Egypt [n.]
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Israel; Lebanon; Syria [w.]; Turkey

References:

  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:132.
  • Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study. (Gen Medicago) 214.
  • Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban) ["granatensis"].
  • Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 67:3271.
  • Small, E. et al. 1981. The taxonomic value of floral characters in tribe Trigonelleae (Leguminosae), with special reference to Medicago. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1580.
  • Small, E. 1981. A numerical analysis of major groupings in Medicago employing traditionally used characters. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1555.
  • Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2. (SF Egypt)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Medicago granadensis Willd.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?23589 (15 March 2009)

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