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Internal ID UUID643fdf0124036775427684
Scientific name Medicago scutellata
Authority (L.) Mill.
First published in Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 2 (1768)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Medicago polymorpha var. scutellata L. Sp. Pl.: 779 (1753)
Medica scutellata (L.) Bubani Fl. Pyren.2: 574 (1899)
Cochleata scutellata (L.) Medik. Philos. Bot.1: 210 (1789)
Pocockia scutellata (L.) Trautv. Index Seminum (KIEV, Kioviensi)1842: 4 (1842)
Medicago inermis Lam. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 513 (1821)
Medicago scutellaris Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 22: t. 2114 (1867)

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Language Common/alternative name
English snail medick
Arabic فصة حرشفية
Swedish snäcklusern
Vietnamese linh lăng khiên
Chinese 蜗牛苜蓿
Chinese 蝸牛苜蓿

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
    • Western Asia
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Krym
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Southern America
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Uruguay

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000213473
USDA Plants MESC6
INPN 107712
Flora of Italy 2578
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506418-1
The Plant List ild-8541
Open Tree Of Life 788501
Observations.org 143143
NCBI Taxonomy 36901
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000460642
IUCN Red List 176467
IPNI 506418-1
iNaturalist 77974
GBIF 2965397
Freebase /m/02z8dzd
EPPO MEDSC
EOL 703655
Elurikkus 5669
Calflora (Californian flora) 10632
USDA GRIN 23686
Wikipedia Medicago_scutellata

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Fungi beyond limits: The agricultural promise of extremophiles Zenteno‐Alegría CO, Yarzábal Rodríguez LA, Ciancas Jiménez J, Álvarez Gutiérrez PE, Gunde‐Cimerman N, Batista‐García RA Microb Biotechnol 13-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10936741
doi:10.1111/1751-7915.14439
PMID:38478382
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
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
Application of Bio-Fertilizers Improves Forage Quantity and Quality of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) Intercropped with Soybean (Glycine max L.) Sadafzadeh E, Javanmard A, Amani Machiani M, Sofo A Plants (Basel) 18-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10458552
doi:10.3390/plants12162985
PMID:37631196
Occurrence of Faba Bean Diseases and Determinants of Faba Bean Gall (Physoderma sp.) Epidemics in Ethiopia Zeleke T, Ali B, Tekalign A, Hailu G, Barbetti MJ, Ayele A, Aliyi T, Ayele A, Kahsay A, Tiruneh B, Tewolde F Plant Pathol J 01-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10412963
doi:10.5423/PPJ.OA.03.2023.0040
PMID:37550980
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
High frequency root dynamics: sampling and interpretation using replicated robotic minirhizotrons Nair R, Strube M, Hertel M, Kolle O, Rolo V, Migliavacca M J Exp Bot 23-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9899415
doi:10.1093/jxb/erac427
PMID:36273326
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
The complete chloroplast genome of Medicago scutellata (Fabaceae) He X, Jiao Y, Shen Y, Zhang T Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 16-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8856063
doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2039083
PMID:35187236
Commodity risk assessment of specified species of Lonicera potted plants from Turkey Bragard C, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, dos Santos Baptista PC, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Debode J, Manceau C, Gardi C, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Potting R EFSA J 18-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8764639
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7014
PMID:35079279
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
Bowman-Birk Inhibitors: Insights into Family of Multifunctional Proteins and Peptides with Potential Therapeutical Applications Gitlin-Domagalska A, Maciejewska A, Dębowski D Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 25-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7760496
doi:10.3390/ph13120421
PMID:33255583
Selected Plant-Related Papers from the First Joint Meeting on Soil and Plant System Sciences (SPSS 2019)—“Natural and Human-Induced Impacts on the Critical Zone and Food Production” Zaccone C, Schiavon M, Celletti S, Miano T Plants (Basel) 01-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7570286
doi:10.3390/plants9091132
PMID:32882847
Local Factors Rather than the Landscape Context Explain Species Richness and Functional Trait Diversity and Responses of Plant Assemblages of Mediterranean Cereal Field Margins Pallavicini Y, Bastida F, Hernández-Plaza E, Petit S, Izquierdo J, Gonzalez-Andujar JL Plants (Basel) 22-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7356665
doi:10.3390/plants9060778
PMID:32580354
Comparing Salt Tolerance at Seedling and Germination Stages in Local Populations of Medicago ciliaris L. to Medicago intertexta L. and Medicago scutellata L. Mbarki S, Skalicky M, Vachova P, Hajihashemi S, Jouini L, Zivcak M, Tlustos P, Brestic M, Hejnak V, Zoghlami Khelil A Plants (Basel) 19-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7238089
doi:10.3390/plants9040526
PMID:32325817

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