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Medicago minima (L.) L.
Family : FABACEAE
Protologue : Fl. Angl. (Linnaeus) 21 (1754)
Information on the genus : Medicago
Basionym : Medicago polymorpha var. minima L.
 
 
Status
Status for NA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (naturalised-introduced)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Medicago minima (L.) Bartal. (1776)
 Medicago polymorpha var. minima L. (1753)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Medicago minima var. compacta Neyraurt (1897)
=Medicago hirsuta All. (1785)
=Medicago minima var. hirsuta (All.) Fiori (1925)
=Medicago minima var. pulchella Lowe (1862)
=Medicago recta Desf. (1799)
=Medicago minima var. recta (Desf.) Burnat (1896)
=Medicago minima var. longiseta DC. (1825)
=Medicago minima var. brevispina Lowe (1862)
=Medicago pulchella Lowe (1838)
=Medicago minima subsp. pulchella (Lowe) Menezes (1914)
=Medicago polymorpha var. recta Desf. (1799)
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Sostly hairy annual herb; stems prostrate to ascending, arising from the base, 20-60(-90) cm long; corolla yellow, c. 4 mm long; pod of 3(-5) coils, spiny (or spinaless).
Ecology : Grassland, disturbed ground, pastures, roadsides, usually in sandy places; 1150-1425 m alt. (Somalia), 1650(3050 m (Ethiopia).
  Canary Isl., N. Africa; Socotra; Europe north to S Sweden; S. Asia.

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Bibliography other :
  • Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
 
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see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base
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Map
carte afrique num 147187
 
Record n°147187
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