| Source: | ILDIS World Database of Legumes  2010. (copyright © ILDIS). 
 
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                            | Name: | Medicago platycarpa (L.) Trautv. | 
                          
                          
                            | 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.
 
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                            | Synonyms: | Melilotoides karkarensis (Vassilcz.) Sojak | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Melilotoides platycarpos (L.) Sojak | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Melissitus karkarensis (Vassilcz.) Golosk. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Melissitus platycarpos (L.) Golosk. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Trigonella karkarensis Vassilcz. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Trigonella platycarpos L. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Turukhainia platycarpos (L.) Vassilcz. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Turukhania platycarpos (L.) Vassilcz. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Melilotoides platycarpos var. karkarensis (Vassilcz.) Yakovlev | 
                          
						  
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		| Comments: | Bashkiria: Nizhnee Subkhangulovo & Islambaevo villages in Burzyanski Distr. | 
	
		| Common names: | Melissitus Karkarinski (Russian), Pazhitnik Ploskoplodnyi (Russian)[Credits] | 
	
		| Conservation Status: | Not Threatened | 
	
		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | Rf(E N) | 
	
		| Use: | Forage |