Medicago marina

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• Description
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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Genus Medicago

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaf pinnately trifoliolate , leaflets toothed ; stipules adnate . Inflorescence a pedunculate axillary raceme . Flowers pedicellate and bracteate . Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla mostly yellow, or less often purplish. Keel shorter than the wings . Stamens diadelphous , 9+1, anthers uniform . Fruit spirally coiled or rarely falcate , sometimes provided with tubercles or spines at the margin , mostly indehiscent, 1-many seeded.

A genus, with about 50 species, most numerous round the Mediterranean, which is represented in Pakistan by 7 species only.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,968 meters (0 to 6,457 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Perennial

Last scrutiny: 1991-1993

Similar Species

Members of the genus Medicago

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 44 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

M. arabica (Arabischer Schneckenklee) · M. arborea (Shrub Medick) · M. carstiensis (Karst Schneckenklee) · M. coronata (Crown Medick) · M. doliata (Straight-Spined Medick) · M. falcata (Blue Alfalfa) · M. heldreichii (Heldreich's Alfalfa) · M. hybrida (Hybrid Alfalfa) · M. intertexta (Calvary Medic) · M. intertexta intertexta (Calvary Medic) · M. laciniata (Cut-Leaf Medic) · M. laciniata laciniata (Tattered Medick) · M. littoralis (Coastal Medick) · M. lupina (Smooth Dwarf Monocle Bream) · M. lupulina (Black Medic) · M. lupulina lupulina (Black Medic Clover) · M. lupulina var. cupaniana (Black Medic) · M. marina (Coastal Medick) · M. minima (Bur Medick) · M. minima var. minima (Bur Medick) · M. monantha (Medick) · M. monspeliaca (Hairy Medick) · M. murex (Spiny Medick) · M. orbicularis (Blackdisk Medick) · M. platycarpa (Khavtagabuurtzagt Chirgelzh) · M. polymorpha (Bur Clover) · M. praecox (Early Medick) · M. radiata (Ray-Podded Medick) · M. rigidula (Field Medick) · M. rugosa (Rugose Medick) · M. ruthenica (Alfalfa) · M. sativa (Alfalfa) · M. sativa falcata (Alfalfa) · M. sativa sativa (Alfalfa) · M. sativa varia (Bastard Schneckenklee) · M. scutellata (Shield Medick) · M. secundiflora (Island Medick) · M. tenderiensis (Yellow Alfalfa) · M. tenoreana (Italian Medick) · M. tornata helix (Hairy Medick) · M. truncatula (Barrel Medic) · M. turbinata (Southern Medick) · M. virescens (L#yutzerna Zelenovataya (Rus)) · M. x varia (Hybrid Medick)

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Further Reading

• A catalogue of plants cultivated in the garden of John Gerard, in the years 1596-1599 /edited with notes, references to Gerard's Herball, the addition of modern names, and a life of the author, by Benjamin Daydon Jackson. 1876 London: Privately printed, 1876 url p. 41.
• A general system of gardening and botany. Founded upon Miller's Gardener's dictionary, and arranged according to the natural system. By George Don. London, Printed for C. J. G. and F. Rivington, 1831-38. url p. 170.
• Alien flora of Britain. London, West, Newman, 1905. url p. 58.
• Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 65.
• Directory of Wetlands of International Importance. IUCN url p. 202, p. 771.
• Early British botanists and their gardens, based on unpublished writings of Goodyer, Tradescant, and others, by R. T. Gunther. With nine plates and twenty-one other illustrations. Oxford, Printed by F. Hall for the author at the University Press, 1922. url p. 142.
• Flora calpensis; contributions to the botany and topography of Gibraltar, and its neighbourhood. By E. F. Kelaart. London, J. van Voorst, 1846. url p. 179, p. 68, p. 96.
• Flora of the U.S.S.R. [Springfield, Va.: Israel Program for Scientific Translations; 1968- url p. 130.
• Flora of tropical Africa. By Daniel Oliver. .. assisted by other botanists. London, L. Reeve, 1868-1902. url p. 90.
• Flowering plants of the Riviera: a sescriptive account of 1800 of the more interesting species / by H. Stuart Thompson; with an introduction on Riviera vegetation by A. G. Tansley London; New York: Longmans, Green, 1914. url , p. ix, p. xxiv.
• Genesis and development of sand formations on marine coasts, Rock Island, Ill., Augustana Book Concern, Printers, 1910. url .
• Hand-list of herbaceous plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gardens. London, Printed for H. M. Stationery Off. by Darling, 1902. url p. 731.
• Introduction to botany, containing an explanation of the theory of that science, extracted from the works of Linnaeus, ed. by C. Stewart. Edinburgh, Bell, 1811. url p. 278.
• Journal of botany, British and foreign. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1863-1942. url , p. 28, p. 28.
• La botanique en Provence au 16e siècle. Léonard Rauwolff, Jacques Raynaudet. MarseilleH. Aubertin & G. Rolle1900 url p. 21, p. 47, p. 78, p. 79.
• Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology. London: printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829-1837. url p. 194, p. 194.
• Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. London: The Society, 1882-1887. url p. 58.
• Plant sociology; the study of plant communities; authorized English translation of Pflanzensoziologie, by Dr. J. Braun-Blanquet. Translated, revised and edited by George D. Fuller and Henry S. Conard. New York and London, McGraw-Hill book company, inc., 1932. url p. 408.
• Plant-geography upon a physiological basis. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903. url p. 655.
• Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. Boston [etc.]Boston Society of Natural History. url p. 6.
• Protected Landscapes: experience around the world. Prepared for the International Symposium on Protected Landscapes, Grange-over-Sands, England 5-10 October 1987 IUCN url p. 81.
• Reports and papers on botany. London: Printed for the Ray society, 1846-49. url p. 340.
• Science. New York, N.Y.: [s.n.]1880- url p. 821.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 189, p. 189.
• The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. London: [s.n., url , p. 216, p. 248, p. 278, p. 306, p. 562.
• The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 161, p. 217, p. 265, p. 796.
• The Popular science monthly. New York, Popular Science Pub. Co., etc. url p. 505.
• The illustrated dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists. Ed. by George Nicholson. Assisted by Professor J. W. H. Trail and J. Garrett. London: L. U. Gill, [1884]-89. url p. 341.
• The power of movement in plants / New York: D. Appleton, 1897. url , .
• The power of movement in plants / by Charles Darwin, assisted by Francis Darwin. New York: D. Appleton, 1898. url p. 344, p. 345.
• The power of movement in plants, New York, Appleton, 1896. url , .
• The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. .. assisted by Francis Darwin. New York, Appleton, 1881. url p. 344, p. 345.
• The survey of western Palestine. The fauna and flora of Palestine, by H. B. Tristram. London, The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 1884. url p. 271.
• The transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. Leeds [etc.] url p. 255.
• Travels in Brazil, in the years 1817-1820, : undertaken by command of His majesty the King of Bavaria by Dr. Joh.Babt. von Spix and Dr. C. F. Phil. von Martius / London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green;1824. url p. 78.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 4, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Herbarium Willing
• European Environment Agency, EUNIS
• GBIF-Spain, Aranzadi Zientzi Elkartea
• GBIF-Spain, Botánica, Universidad de León: LEB-Cormo
• GBIF-Spain, CIBIO, Alicante:ABH-GBIF
• GBIF-Spain, Dirección General de Investigación, Desarrollo Tecnológico e Innovación de la Junta de Extremadura(DGIDTI): HSS
• GBIF-Spain, Herbario Universidad de Málaga: MGC-Cormófitos
• GBIF-Spain, Hortus Botanicus Sollerensis Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Jardi Botanic de Valencia: VAL
• GBIF-Spain, Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
• GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
• , Vascular Plant Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Univ. Herbarium SALAMANCA: SALA
• GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Almería, HUAL
• GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO
• GBIF-Spain, Universidad del País Vasco/EHU, Bilbao: Herbario BIO
• GBIF-Spain, Universitat de Girona: HGI-Cormophyta
• Herbario SANT, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, SANT herbarium vascular plant collection
• Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Herbarium of Oskarshamn
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Lund Botanical Museum
• Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum
• US National Plant Germplasm System, United States National Plant Germplasm System Collection
• inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn, inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2863261
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-5798
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13623659
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506276-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 427966

Footnotes

1. "Medicago". in Flora of Pakistan Page 301. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 203.040 meters (666.142 feet), Standard Deviation = 271.920 based on 2,558 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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