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Internal ID UUID643fdf0021048971849180
Scientific name Medicago marina
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 779 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Medicago maritima Pall. ex Georgi Beschr. Nation. Russ. Reich3(4): 1197 (1800)
Medica tomentosa Moench Suppl. Meth.: 38 (1802)
Medica marina (L.) Lam. Fl. Franç.2: 584 (1779)
Medicago marina f. tuberculata (Rouy) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl.6(2): 404 (1906)
Medicago marina var. inermis Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France5: 17 (1899)
Medicago marina var. tuberculata Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France5: 17 (1899)
Medicago murex var. inermis Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France5: 17 (1899)
Medicago murex var. tuberculata Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France5: 17 (1899)
Medica maritima Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 475 (1899)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic فصة بحرية
Bulgarian крайморска люцерна
Catalan melgó marí
Greek Μηδική η θαλάσσια
Basque itsas alpapa
Hebrew אספסת הים
Hungarian tengerparti lucerna
Japanese メディカゴ・マリナ
Vietnamese linh lăng biển

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

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000213456
USDA Plants MEMA14
INPN 107654
Flora of Italy 2573
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506275-1
The Plant List ild-8520
Open Tree Of Life 292223
Observations.org 133468
NCBI Taxonomy 66815
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200002614
IPNI 506275-1
iNaturalist 210354
GBIF 2965395
Freebase /m/02z73pz
EPPO MEDMA
EOL 703642
USDA GRIN 23617
Wikipedia Medicago_marina

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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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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Presenting Eco-Anatomical Data for Saponaria jagelii, a Species on the Edge of the Blade Stefi AL, Mitsigiorgi K, Christodoulakis NS Life (Basel) 17-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10971642
doi:10.3390/life14030398
PMID:38541722
Influence of β-Ionone in the Phytotoxicity of the Rhizome of Iris pallida Lam Sothearith Y, Appiah KS, Sophea C, Smith J, Samal S, Motobayashi T, Fujii Y Plants (Basel) 22-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10819377
doi:10.3390/plants13020326
PMID:38276783
A Temperate Sinorhizobium Phage, AP-16-3, Closely Related to Phage 16-3: Mosaic Genome and Prophage Analysis Kozlova AP, Saksaganskaia AS, Afonin AM, Muntyan VS, Vladimirova ME, Dzyubenko EA, Roumiantseva ML Viruses 06-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10460002
doi:10.3390/v15081701
PMID:37632043
Recent evolution of flowering time across multiple European plant species correlates with changes in aridity Rauschkolb R, Durka W, Godefroid S, Dixon L, Bossdorf O, Ensslin A, Scheepens JF Oecologia 18-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10386928
doi:10.1007/s00442-023-05414-w
PMID:37462737
Adult conspecific density affects Janzen-Connell patterns by modulating the recruitment exclusion zones Bonanomi G, Bobrovskikh A, Cartenì F, Mazzoleni S, Giannino F Front Plant Sci 27-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10333542
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1079975
PMID:37441185
Coastal Halophytes: Potent Source of Bioactive Molecules from Saline Environment Stanković M, Stojanović-Radić Z, Jakovljević D, Zlatić N, Luković M, Dajić-Stevanović Z Plants (Basel) 30-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10181147
doi:10.3390/plants12091857
PMID:37176915
Salt-Tolerant Plants as Sources of Antiparasitic Agents for Human Use: A Comprehensive Review Rodrigues MJ, Pereira CG, Oliveira M, Zengin G, Custódio L Mar Drugs 19-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9967096
doi:10.3390/md21020066
PMID:36827107
From Biodiversity to Musketry: Detection of Plant Diversity in Pre-Industrial Peloponnese during the Flora Graeca Expedition Chimona C, Papadopoulou S, Kolyva F, Mina M, Rhizopoulou S Life (Basel) 23-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9785030
doi:10.3390/life12121957
PMID:36556322
Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: A Synopsis of Coordinated National Crop Wild Relative Seed Collecting Programs across Five Continents Eastwood RJ, Tambam BB, Aboagye LM, Akparov ZI, Aladele SE, Allen R, Amri A, Anglin NL, Araya R, Arrieta-Espinoza G, Asgerov A, Awang K, Awas T, Barata AM, Boateng SK, Magos Brehm J, Breidy J, Breman E, Brenes Angulo A, Burle ML, Castañeda-Álvarez NP, Casimiro P, Chaves NF, Clemente AS, Cockel CP, Davey A, De la Rosa L, Debouck DG, Dempewolf H, Dokmak H, Ellis D, Faruk A, Freitas C, Galstyan S, García RM, Ghimire KH, Guarino L, Harker R, Hope R, Humphries AW, Jamora N, Jatoi SA, Khutsishvili M, Kikodze D, Kyratzis AC, León-Lobos P, Liu U, Mainali RP, Mammadov AT, Manrique-Carpintero NC, Manzella D, Mat Ali MS, Medeiros MB, Guzmán MA, Mikatadze-Pantsulaia T, Mohamed ET, Monteros-Altamirano Á, Morales A, Müller JV, Mulumba JW, Nersesyan A, Nóbrega H, Nyamongo DO, Obreza M, Okere AU, Orsenigo S, Ortega-Klose F, Papikyan A, Pearce TR, Pinheiro de Carvalho MA, Prohens J, Rossi G, Salas A, Singh Shrestha D, Siddiqui SU, Smith PP, Sotomayor DA, Tacán M, Tapia C, Toledo Á, Toll J, Vu DT, Vu TD, Way MJ, Yazbek M, Zorrilla C, Kilian B Plants (Basel) 13-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9319254
doi:10.3390/plants11141840
PMID:35890473
A Global Overview of Diversity and Phylogeny of the Rust Genus Uromyces Gautam AK, Avasthi S, Verma RK, Sushma, Niranjan M, Devadatha B, Jayawardena RS, Suwannarach N, Karunarathna SC J Fungi (Basel) 14-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9224716
doi:10.3390/jof8060633
PMID:35736116
Floral Scents and Fruit Aromas: Functions, Compositions, Biosynthesis, and Regulation Mostafa S, Wang Y, Zeng W, Jin B Front Plant Sci 10-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8961363
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.860157
PMID:35360336
The Nuclear 35S rDNA World in Plant Systematics and Evolution: A Primer of Cautions and Common Misconceptions in Cytogenetic Studies Rosselló JA, Maravilla AJ, Rosato M Front Plant Sci 24-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8908318
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.788911
PMID:35283933
Disclosing the bioactive metabolites involved in the in vitro anthelmintic effects of salt-tolerant plants through a combined approach using PVPP and HPLC-ESI-MSn Oliveira M, Lima CS, Ketavong S, Llorent-Martínez EJ, Hoste H, Custódio L Sci Rep 21-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8692309
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-03472-9
PMID:34934093
Plant Parasites under Pressure: Effects of Abiotic Stress on the Interactions between Parasitic Plants and Their Hosts Zagorchev L, Stöggl W, Teofanova D, Li J, Kranner I Int J Mol Sci 10-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8304456
doi:10.3390/ijms22147418
PMID:34299036
Phenological and intrinsic predictors of mite and haemacoccidian infection dynamics in a Mediterranean community of lizards Drechsler RM, Belliure J, Megía-Palma R Parasitology 03-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8383277
doi:10.1017/S0031182021000858
PMID:34078494

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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/10.1016/0305-1978(75)90058-7
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Tetraterpenoids / Carotenoids / Xanthophylls
Cryptoxanthin 5281235 Click to see CC1=C(C(CCC1)(C)C)C=CC(=CC=CC(=CC=CC=C(C)C=CC=C(C)C=CC2=C(CC(CC2(C)C)O)C)C)C 552.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(75)90058-7
Zeaxanthin 5280899 Click to see 568.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(75)90058-7

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