Interesting Facts
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
Habit: Herb • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,554 meters (0 to 5,098 feet).[2]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Annual
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
()
- Tribe:
Trifolieae
()
- Genus:
Medicago
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- [Greek rhakos, rag or remnant, and mitra, turban, alluding to calyptra frazzled or lobed at base]
- Specific epithet:
rotata
- Boiss.
- Botanical name: - Medicago rotata Boiss.
- Specific epithet:
rotata
- Boiss.
- Genus:
Medicago
(
- Tribe:
Trifolieae
(
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Medicago rotata var. rotata Boiss.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Conservation
Status: Not Threatened,
Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Annual
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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Further Reading
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 19, 2007:
- International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2863264
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-5806
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13623642
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506397-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 427969
Footnotes
- "Medicago". in Flora of Pakistan Page 301. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Mean = 577.570 meters (1,894.915 feet), Standard Deviation = 260.120 based on 507 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
