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								ILDIS World Database of Legumes  2010. (copyright © ILDIS).
 
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                            | Name: | 
                            
				Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
				
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                            | Rank: | 
                            Subspecies | 
                          
                          
                            | 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. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Species - Medicago sativa L. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				
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		| Comments: | 
		
				Native range, if such ever existed, cannot now be discerned, Possible origin in the western distribution range of subsp.microcarpa | 
			
	
	
		| Common names: | 
		
				Alfalfa (French), Lucerne (French)[Credits] | 
			
	
	
		| Conservation Status: | 
		
				Not Threatened | 
			
	
	
		| Maps: | 
		
				distribution | 
			
	
	
		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  [AE(G) Ag Al Au(A) Be(B) Bl Br Bu Co Cr Cy Cz Da Eg Fe Ga(F) Ge Gr Hb(E) He Ho Hs(S) Hu IJ It Ju LS Lu Ma No Po Rm Sa Si(S) Su Tn Tu(A E)] | 
		
	
	
		| Use: | 
		
				Forage |