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Internal ID UUID643fdeff100e7732982482
Scientific name Medicago falcata
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 779 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Medicago talcata L.
Medicago sativa var. falcata (L.) Döll Rhein. Fl.: 802 (1843)
Medicago sativa subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 160 (1882)
Medica falcata (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 2 (1768)
Medicago falcata f. arenaria C.G.H.Thed. Bot. Not.1889: 69 (1889)
Medicago falcata var. angustissima Holmb. Bot. Not.1919: 205 (1919)
Medicago romanica Prodan
Medicago glutinosa sensu Hayek

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Language Common/alternative name
English sickle medick
Arabic فصة منجلية
Belarusian Люцэрна серпападобная
Bulgarian сърповидна люцерна
Czech tolice srpovitá
Welsh maglys corniog
German sichelklee
Estonian sirplutsern
Finnish sirppimailanen
French luzerne sauvage
Upper Sorbian prosta šlinčina
Kazakh Дала жоңышқасы
Lithuanian geltonžiedė liucerna
Latvian sirpjveida lucerna
Norwegian Bokmål gullusern
Dutch sikkelklaver
Russian Люцерна серповидная
Russian люцерна жёлтая
Serbian Жута луцерка
tyv Дүжер-меде кадыырзыг
Chinese 黃花苜蓿
Chinese 野苜蓿子
Chinese 黄花苜蓿
Chinese 野苜蓿

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Name Authority First published in
Medicago falcata subsp. falcata L. Unknown
Medicago falcata subsp. glandulosa (W.D.J.Koch) Greuter & Burdet Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia)15: 141 (1965)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Africa
    • Northern Africa
      • Morocco
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Northern Provinces
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
      • Qinghai
      • Tibet
      • Xinjiang
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Khabarovsk
      • Primorye
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Chita
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • Tuva
      • West Siberia
      • Yakutskiya
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Iran
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Turkey
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
      • West Himalaya
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Romania
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • New York
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000213426
Canadensys 5833
Tropicos 13035525
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506175-1
The Plant List ild-8492
Open Tree Of Life 1030374
Observations.org 7042
NCBI Taxonomy 3878
IPNI 506175-1
iNaturalist 204355
GBIF 2965354
EOL 703634
Elurikkus 5662
USDA GRIN 23581
Wikipedia Medicago_falcata

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Intensive pasture management alters the composition and structure of plant-pollinator interactions in Sibiu, Romania Neacă AM, Meis J, Knight T, Rakosy D PeerJ 29-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10909354
doi:10.7717/peerj.16900
PMID:38435994
PvARL1 Increases Biomass Yield and Enhances Alkaline Tolerance in Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Li X, Guan C, Liu H, Wang T, Lin M, Zhou D, Zhang Y, Bi X Plants (Basel) 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934731
doi:10.3390/plants13050566
PMID:38475413
An update on evolutionary, structural, and functional studies of receptor-like kinases in plants Liu J, Li W, Wu G, Ali K Front Plant Sci 31-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10868138
doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1305599
PMID:38362444
Genome-wide identification, characterization, and expression analysis of MIPS family genes in legume species Jacob F, Hamid R, Ghorbanzadeh Z, Valsalan R, Ajinath LS, Mathew D BMC Genomics 23-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10804463
doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09937-7
PMID:38262915
Characterization and gene expression analysis reveal universal stress proteins respond to abiotic stress in Gossypium hirsutum Li Y, Zheng A, Li Z, Wang H, Wang J, Dong Z, Yao L, Han X, Wei F BMC Genomics 23-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10804864
doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09955-5
PMID:38262967
The Ethylene Biosynthetic Enzymes, 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate (ACC) Synthase (ACS) and ACC Oxidase (ACO): The Less Explored Players in Abiotic Stress Tolerance Khan S, Alvi AF, Saify S, Iqbal N, Khan NA Biomolecules 11-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10813531
doi:10.3390/biom14010090
PMID:38254690
Should I stay or should I go? Trafficking of plant extra-nuclear transcription factors Marathe S, Grotewold E, Otegui MS Plant Cell 02-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC11062434
doi:10.1093/plcell/koad277
PMID:38163635
Mycobiomes of two distinct clades of ambrosia gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) are species-specific in larvae but similar in nutritive mycelia Pyszko P, Šigutová H, Kolařík M, Kostovčík M, Ševčík J, Šigut M, Višňovská D, Drozd P Microbiol Spectr 14-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10782975
doi:10.1128/spectrum.02830-23
PMID:38095510
Genome-Wide Analysis of the Universal Stress Protein Gene Family in Blueberry and Their Transcriptional Responses to UV-B Irradiation and Abscisic Acid Song Y, Ma B, Feng X, Guo Q, Zhou L, Zhang X, Zhang C Int J Mol Sci 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10706445
doi:10.3390/ijms242316819
PMID:38069138
Coping with the cold: unveiling cryoprotectants, molecular signaling pathways, and strategies for cold stress resilience Jahed KR, Saini AK, Sherif SM Front Plant Sci 15-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10465183
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1246093
PMID:37649996
Population size affected by environmental variability impacts genetics, traits, and plant performance in Trifolium montanum L. Karbstein K, Römermann C, Hellwig F, Prinz K Ecol Evol 07-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10406824
doi:10.1002/ece3.10376
PMID:37560178
Salt stress responses and alleviation strategies in legumes: a review of the current knowledge Bouzroud S, Henkrar F, Fahr M, Smouni A 3 Biotech 28-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10382465
doi:10.1007/s13205-023-03643-7
PMID:37520340
Determinants of interspecific variation in season length of perennial herbs Koubek T, Mašková T, Herben T Ann Bot 03-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10583191
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad088
PMID:37398990
Examination of the Effects of Domestic Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Grazing on Wetland and Dry Grassland Habitats Fűrész A, Penksza K, Sipos L, Turcsányi-Járdi I, Szentes S, Fintha G, Penksza P, Viszló L, Szalai F, Wagenhoffer Z Plants (Basel) 31-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10255522
doi:10.3390/plants12112184
PMID:37299162
Pest categorisation of Solenopsis invicta Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Grégoire J, Malumphy C, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, MacLeod A EFSA J 08-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10205889
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7998
PMID:37234270

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Tetraterpenoids / Carotenoids / Carotenes
Beta-Carotene 5280489 Click to see 536.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)88542-8
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols
Kaempferol 5280863 Click to see 286.24 unknown https://doi.org/10.1139/B88-058

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