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Taxon:  Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
104919
Place of publication:
Comp. fl. ital. 160. 1882
Comment:
[used for both diploid and tetraploid hybrids arising from M. sativa subsp. sativa × M. sativa subsp. falcata]
Verified:
06/04/1987 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. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh. (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. (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 ×varia Martyn

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago sativa L. var. varia (Martyn) Urb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
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Reference(s)
  1. 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
  2. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  3. Gunn, C. R. et al. 1978. Classification of Medicago sativa L. using legume characters and flower colors. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1574:12. Note: = Medicago sativa subsp. ×varia
  4. Isely, D. 1983. Classification of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and relatives. Iowa State J. Res. 57:217. Note: = Medicago sativa L.
  5. Ivanov, A. I. 1980. Alfalfa [Lyutserna]. In Lenin Acad. Agric. Sciences, D. D. Brezhnev, ed. Note: = Medicago varia Martyn
  6. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  7. 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
  8. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
  9. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago ×varia
  10. Small, E. 1985. Morphological differentiation in Medicago sativa s.l. in relation to ploidy. Canad. J. Bot. 63:1750. Note: = Medicago sativa subsp. ×varia
  11. Small, E. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Trifolieae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
  12. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
Common names
English
bastard medic –
sand lucerne –
variegated alfalfa –
variegated lucerne –
French
luzerne bigarrée –
luzerne intermédiaire –
German
Bastardluzerne –
Sandluzerne –
Portuguese (Brazil)
luzerna-bastarda –
Spanish
alfalfa de las arenas –
alfalfa híbrida –
Transcribed Chinese
za jiao mu xu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran n.w.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHimachal Pradesh 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
6Other    exact native range obscure
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran (n.w.), Syria, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir], Nepal, Pakistan
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
Other (exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforageas "variegated alfalfa"Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2


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