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Internal ID UUID643fdf003159d966695620
Scientific name Medicago murex
Authority Willd.
First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 3: 1410 (1802)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Medicago lesinsii E.Small Canad. J. Bot.63: 733 (1985)
Medicago sorrentinii Tod.
Medicago heterocarpa Spach ex Durieu Expl. Sci. Algérie: t. 89 (1849)
Medicago muricula St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon7: 130 (1880)
Medicago inermis (Tineo) Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis)1872(App.): 2 (1872)
Medicago sorrentinoi Tineo Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani)1859: 30 (1859)
Medicago juliae Sennen & Mauricio Bull. Soc. Bot. France78: 186 (1931)
Medicago murex subsp. heterocarpa (Spach ex Durieu) Jauzein Fl. Champs Cult.: 863 (1995)
Medicago murex subsp. inermis (Guss.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 164 (1882)
Medicago murex var. breviseta Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France5: 34 (1899)
Medicago murex var. brevispina Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France5: 33 (1899)
Medicago murex var. inermis (Guss.) Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis)1873(App. 3): 2 (1873)
Medicago murex var. sorrentini (Tineo) Batt. J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 230 (1889)
Medicago sphaerocarpos var. ovalis Moris Fl. Sardoa1: 446 (1837)
Medicago tribuloides subsp. murex (Willd.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 75 (1894)
Medicago sphaerocarpa var. macrocarpa Moris Fl. Sardoa1: 446 (1837)
Medicago murex var. aculeata Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(App. 3): 2 (1873)
Medicago sphaerocarpos var. inermis Guss. Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 374 (1844)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic فصة محارية
Finnish kerämailanen
Swedish klotlusern
Vietnamese linh lăng gai
Chinese 茂累苜蓿

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Western Asia
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Middle Europe
      • Belgium
      • Germany
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000213458
USDA Plants MEMU8
Tropicos 13035607
Flora of Italy 2589
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506297-1
The Plant List ild-8523
Open Tree Of Life 193970
Observations.org 135115
NCBI Taxonomy 75627
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200002615
IUCN Red List 176543
IPNI 506297-1
iNaturalist 487458
GBIF 2965209
Freebase /m/02z73vj
EPPO MEDMU
EOL 703646
USDA GRIN 23626
Wikipedia Medicago_murex

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Ecological and Syntaxonomic Analysis of the Communities of Glebionis coronaria and G. discolor (Malvion neglectae) in the European Mediterranean Area Cano E, Cano-Ortiz A, Quinto Canas R, Piñar Fuentes JC, Rodrigues Meireles C, Raposo M, Pinto Gomes C, Laface VL, Spampinato G, Musarella CM Plants (Basel) 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934477
doi:10.3390/plants13050568
PMID:38475415
Structural Reorganization in Two Alfalfa Mitochondrial Genome Assemblies and Mitochondrial Evolution in Medicago Species He X, Zhang X, Deng Y, Yang R, Yu LX, Jia S, Zhang T Int J Mol Sci 11-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10743518
doi:10.3390/ijms242417334
PMID:38139163
Legumes of the Sardinia Island: Knowledge on Symbiotic and Endophytic Bacteria and Interactive Software Tool for Plant Species Determination Muresu R, Porceddu A, Concheri G, Stevanato P, Squartini A Plants (Basel) 06-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9183093
doi:10.3390/plants11111521
PMID:35684293
Genetic Diversity and Differentiation of Eleven Medicago Species from Campania Region Revealed by Nuclear and Chloroplast Microsatellites Markers Djedid IK, Terzaghi M, Brundu G, Cicatelli A, Laouar M, Guarino F, Castiglione S Genes (Basel) 31-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8774365
doi:10.3390/genes13010097
PMID:35052437
Symbiotic and Nonsymbiotic Members of the Genus Ensifer (syn. Sinorhizobium) Are Separated into Two Clades Based on Comparative Genomics and High-Throughput Phenotyping Fagorzi C, Ilie A, Decorosi F, Cangioli L, Viti C, Mengoni A, diCenzo GC Genome Biol Evol 14-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7719227
doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa221
PMID:33283865
Genome sequence of Ensifer medicae Di28; an effective N2-fixing microsymbiont of Medicago murex and M. polymorpha Garau G, Terpolilli J, Hill Y, Tian R, Howieson J, Bräu L, Goodwin L, Han J, Reddy T, Huntemann M, Pati A, Woyke T, Mavromatis K, Markowitz V, Ivanova N, Kyrpides N, Reeve W Stand Genomic Sci 08-Dec-2014
PMCID:PMC4334989
doi:10.1186/1944-3277-9-4
PMID:25780497
Complete genome sequence of the Medicago microsymbiont Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) medicae strain WSM419 Reeve W, Chain P, O’Hara G, Ardley J, Nandesena K, Bräu L, Tiwari R, Malfatti S, Kiss H, Lapidus A, Copeland A, Nolan M, Land M, Hauser L, Chang YJ, Ivanova N, Mavromatis K, Markowitz V, Kyrpides N, Gollagher M, Yates R, Dilworth M, Howieson J Stand Genomic Sci 28-Jan-2010
PMCID:PMC3035259
doi:10.4056/sigs.43526
PMID:21304680
Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis and Nitrogen Fixation under Severe Conditions and in an Arid Climate Zahran HH Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 01-Dec-1999
PMCID:PMC98982
doi:10.1128/mmbr.63.4.968-989.1999
PMID:10585971

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