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Internal ID UUID643fdeffcdbde941687409
Scientific name Medicago laciniata
Authority (L.) Mill.
First published in Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 5 (1768)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Medicago diffusa Poir. J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 524 (1814)
Medicago polymorpha var. laciniata L. Sp. Pl.: 781 (1753)
Medicago pseudogranatensis Blatt. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.36: 969 (1933)
Medicago aschersoniana Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg15: 77 (1873)
Medicago laciniata subsp. laciniata (L.) Mill.
Medicago laciniata var. diffusa (Poir.) F.M.Vázquez Folia Bot. Extremadur.4: 66 (2009)
Medicago aschersoniana f. pilosula Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg15: 78 (1873)
Medicago aschersoniana var. brachyacantha (Boiss.) Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg15: 77 (1873)
Medicago aschersoniana var. macrantha Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg15: 78 (1873)
Medicago laciniata subsp. aschersoniana (Urb.) Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich64: 755 (1919)
Medicago laciniata subsp. brevispina (Benth. ex Urb.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 165 (1882)
Medicago laciniata subsp. longispina (Benth. ex Urb.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 165 (1882)
Medicago laciniata var. brevidenticulata Candargy Bull. Soc. Bot. France45: 185 (1898)
Medicago laciniata var. brevispina Benth. ex Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg15: 77 (1873)
Medicago laciniata var. integrifolia Delile Index Seminum (MPU, Monspeliensis)1836: 26 (1837)
Medicago laciniata var. integriuscula Cuisin Ansb. Herb. Fl. France: 6, t. 1043 (1870)
Medicago laciniata var. intermedia Nègre Luzernes du Maroc: 74 (1956)
Medicago laciniata var. leonis Sennen & Mauricio É.M.G.Sennen, Diagn. Nouv.: 231 (1936)
Medicago laciniata var. longispina Benth. ex Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg15: 77 (1873)
Medicago laciniata var. micrechinus Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N.24: 208 (1932)
Medicago laciniata var. pilosa Nábelek Spisy Prír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ.35: 68 (1923)
Medicago laciniata var. saharae Nègre Compt.-Rend. Séances Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc7: 90 (1951)
Medicago laciniata var. brachyacantha Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient.9: 10 (1849)
Medicago laciniata var. brachyantha Boiss. Fl. Orient.2: 104 (1873)
Medicago monantha Blatt. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 36: 969 (1933)
Medicago leonis Sennen & Mauricio Cat. Fl. Rif Orient. : 146 (1933)
Medicago schimperiana Hochst. ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 2: 104 (1872)
Medicago laciniata subsp. schimperiana (Hochst. ex Boiss.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France : 545 (1936)

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Language Common/alternative name
English cutleaf medick
Arabic فصة رثة
Welsh maglys carpiog
Estonian lõhine lutsern
Persian یونجه پارهپاره
Swedish schimperlusern/traslusern
Vietnamese linh lăng lá khía

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands
      • Madeira
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Djibouti
      • Ethiopia
      • Socotra
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
      • Western Sahara
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Mauritania
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Kuwait
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Sinai
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • India
      • Pakistan
      • West Himalaya
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Queensland
      • South Australia
      • Victoria
      • Western Australia
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Ukraine
    • Northern Europe
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Italy
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000213448
Canadensys 5829
USDA Plants MELA5
Tropicos 13035570
INPN 107639
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506247-1
The Plant List ild-8512
Open Tree Of Life 374481
Observations.org 131018
NCBI Taxonomy 70952
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000460635
Nature Serve 2.159536
IPNI 506247-1
iNaturalist 165208
GBIF 2965221
Freebase /m/02z73f2
EPPO MEDLA
EOL 703640
Elurikkus 5663
USDA GRIN 23607
Wikipedia Medicago_laciniata

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Road Impact on Plant Colonization in the Arid Timanfaya National Park Bernardos M, Cornejo NS, Torres Hassan AD, Cabrera R, Arévalo JR Plants (Basel) 13-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10610428
doi:10.3390/plants12203568
PMID:37896031
Plant Species as Potential Forage for Honey Bees in the Al-Baha Mountain Region in Southwestern Saudi Arabia Al-Ghamdi AA, Al-Sagheer NA Plants (Basel) 22-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10058344
doi:10.3390/plants12061402
PMID:36987090
Facilitation by Haloxylon persicum Shrubs Enhances Density and Richness of Soil Seed Bank of Annual Plants in a Hyper-Arid Ecosystem Gomaa NH, Hegazy AK, Alhaithloul HA Plants (Basel) 10-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10056119
doi:10.3390/plants12061276
PMID:36986963
An ethnobotanical study of wetland flora of Head Maralla Punjab Pakistan Iqbal MS, Ahmad KS, Ali MA, Akbar M, Mehmood A, Nawaz F, Hussain SA, Arshad N, Munir S, Arshad H, Shahbaz K, Bussmann RW PLoS One 14-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8516287
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0258167
PMID:34648500
Impacts of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Vegetation Dynamics: A Case Study of Wadi Hagul, Eastern Desert, Egypt Bedair R, Ibrahim AA, Alyamani AA, Aloufi S, Ramadan S Plants (Basel) 14-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8466335
doi:10.3390/plants10091906
PMID:34579436
Phytomedicine from Middle Eastern Countries: An Alternative Remedy to Modern Medicine against Candida spp Infection Alam MZ, Ahmad Khan MS Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 14-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8298167
doi:10.1155/2021/6694876
PMID:34335836
The Use of Very-High-Resolution Aerial Imagery to Estimate the Structure and Distribution of the Rhanterium epapposum Community for Long-Term Monitoring in Desert Ecosystems Abdullah MM, Al-Ali ZM, Abdullah MT, Al-Anzi B Plants (Basel) 13-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8153646
doi:10.3390/plants10050977
PMID:34068447
A taxonomic study of twelve wild forage species of Fabaceae Abusaief HM, Boasoul SH Heliyon 24-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7921514
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06077
PMID:33718634
Ethnomedicinal and folklore inventory of wild plants used by rural communities of valley Samahni, District Bhimber Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan Ishtiaq M, Maqbool M, Ajaib M, Ahmed M, Hussain I, Khanam H, Mushtaq W, Hussain T, Azam S, Hayat Bhatti K, Ghani A PLoS One 13-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7806180
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0243151
PMID:33439877
Ecology of inland sand dunes “nafuds” as a hyper-arid habitat, Saudi Arabia: Floristic and plant associations diversity El-Sheikh MA, Thomas J, Arif IA, El-Sheikh HM Saudi J Biol Sci 08-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7938194
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.12.002
PMID:33732034
Facilitation Effects of Haloxylon salicornicum Shrubs on Associated Understory Annuals, and a Modified “Stress-Gradient” Hypothesis for Droughty Times Gomaa NH, Hegazy AK, Latef AA Plants (Basel) 07-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7762360
doi:10.3390/plants9121726
PMID:33297465
Checklist of Wadi Hassan flora, Northeastern Badia, Jordan Kherissat F, Al-Esawi D Plant Divers 11-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6702440
doi:10.1016/j.pld.2019.05.001
PMID:31453416
Threatened Prunus arabica in an ancient volcanic protected area of Saudi Arabia: Floristic diversity and plant associations El-Sheikh MA, Al-Shehri MA, Alfarhan AH, Alatar AA, Rajakrishnan R, Al-Rowaily SL Saudi J Biol Sci 02-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC6717095
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2018.02.001
PMID:31485172
High-quality draft genome sequence of Ensifer meliloti Mlalz-1, a microsymbiont of Medicago laciniata (L.) miller collected in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain Osman WA, van Berkum P, León-Barrios M, Velázquez E, Elia P, Tian R, Ardley J, Gollagher M, Seshadri R, Reddy TB, Ivanova N, Woyke T, Pati A, Markowitz V, Baeshen MN, Baeshen NN, Kyrpides N, Reeve W Stand Genomic Sci 25-Sep-2017
PMCID:PMC5613336
doi:10.1186/s40793-017-0270-2
PMID:28975015
Specificity in Legume-Rhizobia Symbioses Andrews M, Andrews ME Int J Mol Sci 26-Mar-2017
PMCID:PMC5412291
doi:10.3390/ijms18040705
PMID:28346361

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Formononetin 5280378 Click to see 268.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(96)00101-9

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