Medicago minima

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• Common Names
• Description
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Overview

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 4,130 meters (0 to 13,550 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Soil: Minimum pH: 7.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Medicago hirsuta (L.)all. • Medicago minima brevispina (Benth.)ponert • Medicago minima ononidea Rouy • Medicago minima var. compacta Neyraut • Medicago minima var. longiseta Dc. • Medicago mollissima Roth • Medicago ononidea (Rouy)a. W. Hill • Medicago polymorpha var. minima L. • Medicago pulchella Lowe • Medicago recta (Desf.)willd.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

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

Last scrutiny: 2005-2006

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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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 24, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 29, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 27, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
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• GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
• , Vascular Plant Herbarium
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• GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Almería, HUAL
• GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Extremadura, UNEX
• 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
• IHAR, National Centre for Plant Genetic Resources, Poland
• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), EURISCO
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• University of Washington Burke Museum, Vascular Plant Collection - University of Washington Herbarium
• Utah State University, USU-UTC Specimen Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3876616
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-5799
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59135-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 23621
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503722
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB2G060
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: MEMIP
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 49430

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 = 293.110 meters (961.647 feet), Standard Deviation = 393.140 based on 2,992 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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