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								ILDIS World Database of Legumes  2010. (copyright © ILDIS).
 
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                            | Name: | 
                            
				Medicago minima (L.) L.
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            Fl. Angl.: 21. 1754 | 
                           
						  
                          
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                            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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		| Basionym: | 
		Medicago polymorpha var. minima L. | 
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago polymorpha var. minima L. | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago hirsuta (L.) All. | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago mollissima Roth | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago ononidea (Rouy) A. W. Hill | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago pulchella Lowe | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago recta (Desf.) Willd. | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago minima subsp. brevispina (Benth.) Ponert | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago minima subsp. ononidea Rouy | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago minima var. compacta Neyraut | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago minima var. longiseta DC. | 
							
                           
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						Included taxa:
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					Medicago minima (L.) Bartal. var. minima
					
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		| Common names: | 
		
				Bur Medic (English), Bur Medick (), Burclover (English), cadillos (Spanish, Castillian), carretilla menor (Spanish, Castillian), carretillas (Spanish, Castillian), carretón (Spanish, Castillian), carretón chico (Spanish, Castillian), carretones (Spanish, Castillian), herba peluda (Majorcan), Kleiner Schneckenklee (German), Little Bur Medick (English), Little Medick (English), luzerna-pequena (Portuguese), Luzerne Naine (French), Lyutzerna Malaya (Russian), Lyutzerna Malenkaya (Russian), melgó mínim (Catalan), mielga (Spanish, Castillian), Small Medick (English), trèvol bord (Catalan), userda borda (Catalan), Woolly Bur Medick (English), Woolly Burr Medic (), Zwerg-Schneckenklee ()[Credits] | 
			
	 
	
		| Conservation Status: | 
		
				Not Threatened | 
			
	 
	
		| Maps: | 
		
				distribution | 
			
	 
	
		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  Ab(A N) AE(G) Ag Al Ar Au(A L) Be(B L) Bl Br Bu Ca Co Cr Cy Cz Da Eg Ga(F) Ge Gg(A D G) Gr He Ho Hs(S) Hu IJ It Ju Le Lu Ma Mo Po Rf(C CS E S) Rm Sa Si(M S) Sn Su Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [By Es] | 
		
	 
	
		| Use: | 
		
				Forage, Weed | 
			
	 
                        
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