Medicago marina
Medicago marina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Trifolieae
Genus: Medicago
Species: Medicago marina

Name

Medicago marina L., Sp. Pl. 2: 779 (1753).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Medica marina (L.) Lam., Fl. Fr. 2: 584 (1779).
  • Heterotypic
    • Medica maritima Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 475 (1900).
    • Medica tomentosa Moench, Meth. Suppl. 38 (1802).
    • Medicago marina var. inermis Rouy, Fl. Fr. 5: 17 (1899).
    • Medicago marina var. tuberculata Rouy, Fl. Fr. 5: 17 (1899).
      • Medicago marina f. tuberculata (Rouy) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. 6(2): 404 (1906).
    • Medicago maritima Pall. ex Georgi, Beschr. Russ. Reich. 3(4): 1197 (1800).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Europe
    • Regional: Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
    • Regional: Southeastern Europe
      • Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Turkey, Sicilia, Yugoslavia.
    • Regional: Eastern Europe
      • Krym, Ukraine.
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
    • Regional: Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus.
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Small, E. 2011. Alfalfa and relatives. Evolution and classification of Medicago. 727 pp. NRC Research Press, Ottawa. ISBN 978-1-84593-750-8. Reference page. 
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page. 
  • Authier, P. & Covillot, J. 2011. Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce). Saussurea 41: 131–170. Full issue PDF; 19 MB Reference page. 

Vernacular names

العربية: فصة بحرية
беларуская: крайморска люцерна
English: Coastal Medick
euskara: Itsas alpapa
français: Luzerne marine
עברית: אספסת הים
magyar: Tengerparti lucerna
українська: Люцерна приморська
Tiếng Việt: Linh lăng biển
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