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Details for: Medicago littoralis
Source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS).

Name: Medicago littoralis Loisel.
Nomencl. ref.: Not. Fl. France: 118. 1810
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Rosanae
                         Ordo - Fabales Bromhead
                              Familia - Fabaceae Lindl.
                                   Tribus - Trifolieae
                                        Genus - Medicago L.
                                            
Synonyms: Medicago arenaria Ten.
Medicago cylindracea DC.
Medicago subinermis Bertol.
Medicago tricycla DC.
Medicago littoralis subsp. cylindracea (DC.) Nyman
Medicago littoralis subsp. tricycla (DC.) M. Laínz
Medicago truncatula subsp. littoralis (Loisel.) Ponert
Misapplied names: "Medicago striata" sec. auct. ital.
 
Comments: are recognized, In "Flora Kavkaza" var. inermis Moris, var. breviseta DC. & var. longisetaDC., includes the varieties littoralis and inermis.
Common names: Coastal Medick (English), Lyutzerna Pribrezhnaya (Russian), melgó litoral (Catalan), Strand Medic (English)[Credits]
Conservation Status: Not Threatened
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: Ab(A) AE(G) Ag Al Bl Bu Co Cr Cy Eg Ga(F) Gg(G) Gr Hs(G S) Ir It Ju Le Lu Ma Rf(CS) Sa Si(M S) Sn Sy Tn Tu(A E)
Use: Forage