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Taxon:  Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
104918
Place of publication:
Comp. fl. ital. 160. 1882
Verified:
09/13/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Medicago sativa L. (80 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. tunetana Murb. (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh. (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. falcata (L.) Döll (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. viscosa (Rchb.) Posp. (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. glomerata (Balb.) Rouy (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. var. sativa (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medicago falcata L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago falcata L. subsp. falcata
Medicago falcata L. var. falcata

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago borealis Grossh.
Medicago difalcata Sinskaya
Medicago falcata L. var. romanica (Prodán) O. Schwarz & Klink.
Medicago quasifalcata Sinskaya
Medicago romanica Prodán
Medicago tenderiensis Opperman ex Klokov
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). URL: http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: = Medicago falcata L
  4. Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance Note: = Medicago falcata L
  5. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  6. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  7. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  8. Gunn, C. R. et al. 1978. Classification of Medicago sativa L. using legume characters and flower colors. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1574:15.
  9. Havananda, T. et al. 2010. Relationships among diploid members of the Medicago sativa (Fabaceae) species complex based on chloroplast and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Syst. Bot. 35:140-150. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  10. Havananda, T. et al. 2011. Complex patterns of autopolyploidy evolution in alfalfa and allies (Medicago sativa; Leguminosae). Amer. J. Bot. 98:1633-1646. URL: http://www.amjbot.org
  11. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. Note: = Medicago falcata L
  12. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. URL: http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp Note: = Medicago falcata L
  13. Isely, D. 1983. Classification of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and relatives. Iowa State J. Res. 57:215. Note: = Medicago falcata L
  14. Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii)
  15. Ivanov, A. I. 1980. Alfalfa [Lyutserna]. In Lenin Acad. Agric. Sciences, D. D. Brezhnev, ed.
  16. Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist. Note: = Medicago falcata L
  17. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  18. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  19. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
  20. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
  21. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  22. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Medicago falcata L
  23. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
sickle alfalfa –
sickle medic –
sickle medick –
yellow alfalfa –
yellow lucerne –
yellow-flower alfalfa –
French
luzerne de Suède –
luzerne jaune –
German
Sichelklee –
Sichelluzerne –
Portuguese
luzerna-de-sequeiro –
Portuguese (Brazil)
alfafa-de-provença –
alfafa-falciforme –
Spanish
alfalfa amarilla –
alfalfa sueca –
Swedish
gul-lusern –
Transcribed Chinese
ye mu xu –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (w. (possibly)), Egypt, Libya (n.), Morocco (e.), Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • CHINA: China (n.)
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Sikkim, Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh], Nepal, Pakistan (n.)
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation-Far East [Far East]
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (s.)
Economic Uses


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