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Medicago

The genus Medicago is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Medicago

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Medicago agropyretorum Vassilcz. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago alatavica Vassilcz. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago arabica (L.) Huds. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago arborea L. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago archiducis-nicolai Sirj. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago arenicola (Huber-Mor.) E. Small Accepted M TRO
Medicago astroites (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Trautv. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago biflora (Griseb.) E. Small Accepted M TRO
Medicago blancheana Boiss. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago brachycarpa M.Bieb. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago caerulea Less. ex Ledeb. Accepted M TRO
Medicago cancellata M.Bieb. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago carica (Huber-Mor.) E. Small Accepted M TRO
Medicago carstiensis Wulfen Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago caucasica Vassilcz. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago constricta Durieu Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago coronata (L.) Bartal. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago crassipes (Boiss.) E.Small Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago cretacea M.Bieb. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago cyrenaea Maire & Weiller Accepted L ILDIS
Medicago daghestanica Rupr. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago difalcata Sinskaya Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago disciformis DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago doliata Carmign. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago edgeworthii Sirj. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago falcata L. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago fischeriana (Ser.) Trautv. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago glomerata Balb. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago granadensis Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago grossheimii Vassilcz. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago gunibica Vassilcz. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago halophila (Boiss.) E. Small Accepted M TRO
Medicago heldreichii E.Small Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago hemicoerulea Sinskaya Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago heyniana Greuter Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago hybrida (Pourr.) Trautv. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago hypogaea E.Small Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago intertexta (L.) Mill. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago isthmocarpa (Boiss. & Balansa) E. Small Accepted M TRO
Medicago karatschaica (A.Heller) A.Heller Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago komarovii Vassilcz. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago lanigera C.Winkl. & B.Fedtsch. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago laxispira Heyn Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago littoralis Loisel. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago lupulina L. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago marina L. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago medicaginoides (Retz.) E.Small Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago meyeri Gruner Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago minima (L.) L. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago monantha (C.A.Mey.) Trautv. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago monspeliaca (L.) Trautv. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago murex Willd. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago muricoleptis Tineo Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago noeana Boiss. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago orthoceras (Kar. & Kir.) Trautv. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago ovalis (Boiss.) Sirj. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago pamphylica (Huber-Mor. & Sirj.) E. Small Accepted M TRO
Medicago papillosa Boiss. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago persica (Boiss.) E.Small Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago phrygia (Boiss. & Balansa) E.Small Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago pironae Vis. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago platycarpa (L.) Trautv. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago polyceratia (L.) Trautv. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago polychroa Grossh. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago polymorpha L. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago praecox DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago prostrata Jacq. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago radiata L. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago retrorsa (Boiss.) E.Small Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago rhodopea Velen. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago rhytidiocarpa (Boiss. & Balansa) E. Small Accepted M TRO
Medicago rigida (Boiss. & Balansa) E.Small Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago rigidula (L.) All. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago rostrata (Boiss. & Balansa) E. Small Accepted M TRO
Medicago rotata Boiss. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago rugosa Desr. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago rupestris M.Bieb. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago ruthenica (L.) Ledeb. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago sativa L. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago sauvagei Negre Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago saxatilis M.Bieb. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago schischkinii Sumnev. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago scutellata (L.) Mill. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago secundiflora Durieu Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago sinskiae Uljanova Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago soleirolii Duby Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago strasseri Greuter & al. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago suffruticosa DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago talyschensis Latsch. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago tenoreana Ser. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago tornata (L.) Mill. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago transoxana Vassilcz. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago trautvetterii Sumnevicz, in Animadvers. Accepted M TRO
Medicago truncatula Gaertn. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago tunetana (Murb.) A.W.Hill Accepted L ILDIS
Medicago turbinata (L.) All. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago vardanis Vassilcz. Accepted H ILDIS
Medicago × varia Martyn Accepted M TRO
Medicago virescens Grossh. Accepted H ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 442 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Medicago. Of these 101 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 139 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Medicago. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 442 species names for the genus Medicago recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 101 22.9%
Synonym 146 33.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 195 44.1%

All names

The status of the 581 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Medicago recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 123 21.2%
Synonym 262 45.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 196 33.7%

Of these names,

A further 5 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 442 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Medicago, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 88 121 0 0 209 47.3%
Medium confidence 11 20 0 0 31 7.0%
Low confidence 2 5 0 195 202 45.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Medicago, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 90 124 0 1 5 220 49.8%
Tropicos 11 22 0 12 0 45 10.2%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 182 0 182 41.2%