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Details for: Medicago truncatula

3 different source(s) use this name:

- Euro+Med preliminary checklist as merged from Flora Europaea, Med-Checklist and Flora of Macaronesia (for families not yet treated in Med-Checklist, the distributional record does not include N Africa and SW Asia)..
- Editor Heywood.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010.

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Name:	Medicago truncatula Gaertn.
Nomencl. ref.:	Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 350. 1791
Rank:	Species
Status:	ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in):	Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Spermatophyta Subdivisio - Angiospermae Class - Dicotyledones Ordo - Fabales Bromhead Familia - Fabaceae Lindl. Subfamilia - Lotoideae Genus - Medicago L. Subgenus - Medicago subg. Cymatium (Posp.) Gams

Source:	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).
Name:	Medicago truncatula Gaertn.
Nomencl. ref.:	Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 350. 1791
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. Subfamilia - Lotoideae Genus - Medicago L. Subgenus - Medicago subg. Cymatium (Posp.) Gams

Source:	ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS).
Name:	Medicago truncatula Gaertn.
Nomencl. ref.:	Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 350. 1791
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 tentaculata Willd., nom. illeg.
	Medicago tribuloides Desr.
	Medicago uncinata Willd.
	Medicago truncatula Gaertn. subsp. truncatula
	Medicago truncatula subsp. longiaculeata (Urb.) Ponert
	Medicago truncatula Gaertn. var. truncatula

*Comments:*	separate species
*Common names:*	Barrel Medic (), Barrelclover (English), luzerna cortada (Portuguese), Lyutzerna Slabousechennaya (Russian), Lyutzerna Usechennaya (Russian), Lyutzerna Yakortzevidnaya (Russian), Mediterranean Medick (English), melgó truncat (Catalan), Strong-spined Medick (English)[Credits]
*Conservation Status:*	Not Threatened
*Maps:*	distribution
*Occurrence:*	Ab(A N) AE(G) Ag Ar Bl Ca Co Cr Cy Eg Ga(F) Gg(G) Gr Hs(G S) Ir It Jo Ju Le Lu Ma Md Sa Si(M S) Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K)
*Use:*	Forage, Weed