Taxon:
Medicago sphaerocarpos Bertol.
Summary
Place of publication:
Rar. Lig. pl. 3:60. 1810
Verified:
06/08/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
- Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). URL: http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html Note: = Medicago murex
- Heyn, C. C. 1963. The annual species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:124.
- Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study 173. Note: = Medicago murex subsp. sphaerocarpos (Bertol.) Lesins & Lesins
- Nichols, P. et al. 2010. Domestication of new Mediterranean annual pasture legumes. Sustainable use of genetic diversity in forage and turf breeding 2:137-141. Note: Springer, Dordrecht.
- Small, E. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Trifolieae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Common names
English
sphere medic – French
luzerne à fruits sphérique –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Italy
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Nichols, P. et al. 2010. Domestication of new Mediterranean annual pasture legumes. Sustainable use of genetic diversity in forage and turf breeding 2:137-141. Note: Springer, Dordrecht. |