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								ILDIS World Database of Legumes  2010. (copyright © ILDIS).
 
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                            | Name: | 
                            
				Medicago sativa subsp. microcarpa Urb.
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 57. 1873 | 
                          
						  
                          
                            | 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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                              		Synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Medicago caerulea Ledeb. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Medicago sativa subsp. caerulea (Ledeb.) Schmalh. | 
							
                          
                          
						  
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		| Comments: | 
		
				Azerbaijan, subsp. infradagestanica Sinskaya from Dagestan & Kazakhstan,, S.Czerepanov (1973) recorded subsp. caspica Sinskaya from Dagestan &, subsp.pilifera (Urb.)Vassilcz. & subsp. semicaerulea Sinskaya from Dagestan E., The record from Kurgan Province, Transcaucasia) are recognized. | 
			
	
	
		| Common names: | 
		
				Lyutzerna Golubaya (Russian)[Credits] | 
			
	
	
		| Conservation Status: | 
		
				Not Threatened | 
			
	
	
		| Maps: | 
		
				distribution | 
			
	
	
		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  Ab(A N) Ar Gg(A D G) Rf(C CS E S) Tu(A) [Eg] | 
		
	
	
		| Use: | 
		
				Forage |