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								ILDIS World Database of Legumes  2010. (copyright © ILDIS).
 
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                            | Name: | 
                            
				Medicago littoralis Loisel.
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            Not. Fl. France: 118. 1810 | 
                          
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | 
                            Species | 
                          
                          
                            | Status: | 
                            
				
					
                              	
                              	
					ACCEPTED
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		| 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:
                              		
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                            	Medicago arenaria Ten. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago cylindracea DC. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago subinermis Bertol. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago tricycla DC. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago littoralis subsp. cylindracea (DC.) Nyman | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago littoralis subsp. tricycla (DC.) M. Laínz | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago truncatula subsp. littoralis (Loisel.) Ponert | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Misapplied names:
				
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                            "Medicago striata" sec. auct. ital. | 
                          
						  
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		| 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 |