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Taxon:  Medicago truncatula Gaertn.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Pachyspireae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23705
Place of publication:
Fruct. sem. pl. 2:350, t. 155, fig. 7. 1791
Verified:
06/11/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
8 (8  active, 8  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medicago truncatula Gaertn. f. tricycla Nègre

Autonym(s)
Medicago truncatula Gaertn. f. truncatula
Medicago truncatula Gaertn. var. truncatula

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago tribuloides Desr.
Medicago tribuloides Desr. var. breviaculeata Moris
Medicago tribuloides Desr. var. tribuloides
Medicago truncatula Gaertn. var. breviaculeata (Moris) Urb.
Medicago truncatula Gaertn. var. longeaculeata Urb.
Medicago truncatula Gaertn. var. longiaculeata Urb.
Medicago truncatula Gaertn. var. tribuloides (Desr.) Burnat
Medicago truncatula Gaertn. var. tricycla (Nègre) Heyn
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
barrel medic –
barrel-clover –
caltrop medic –
cylindrical bur medic –
strong-spine medick –
French
luzerne tronquée –
Italian
medica troncata –
Spanish
trébol barril –
Swedish
tornlusern –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey w. & s.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina c.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay s. & w.
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (w. & s.)
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (c.), Uruguay (s. & w.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Hacker, J. B. 1990. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Australia.
Environmentalsoil improver National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Environmentalsoil improver University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/ccrop/
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Weedpotential seed contaminant Small, E. & M. Jomphe. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canad. J. Bot. 32:3270.


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