Medicago arabica

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Trifolieae
Genus: Medicago
Species: Medicago arabica
Name

Medicago arabica (L.) Huds., 1762
Synonyms

Medica arabica (L.) Medik., Vorles. Churpf. Phys. Ges. 2: 386 (1787)
Medica arabica subsp. inermis Ricker, Bur. Pl. Industr. Bull., 267: 33 (1913)
Medica echinata Lam., Fl. Fr. 2: 587 (1779)
Medica maculata (Willd.) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 478 (1900)
Medicago arabica (L.) All., Fl. Pedem., 1: 315 (1785), comb. superfl.
Medicago arabica f. elegans Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 15: 74 (1965)
Medicago arabica f. heptacycla Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 74 (1873)
Medicago arabica f. pastoralis Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 15: 152 (1965)
Medicago arabica f. purpurea Burkart, Fl. Prov. Buenos Aires, 4(3a): 560 (1967)
Medicago arabica subsp. inermis Ricker
Medicago arabica var. longispina Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 35 (1899)
Medicago arabica var. maculata (Willd.) Maire, Cat. Pl. Maroc 2: 384 (1932)
Medicago arabica var. minor Lojac., Malpighia, 20: 203 (1906)
Medicago cordata Desr., Lam. Encyc. 3: 636 (1789)
Medicago maculata Sibth., Fl. Oxon.: 232 (1794)
Medicago oxalioides Schur, Verh. Naturf. Ver. Bruenn, 15(2): 174 (1877)
Medicago talyschensis Latsch., Not. Syst. Geogr. Inst. Bot. Thbiliss., Fasc. 27, 76 (1969)
Medicago tinei Lojac., Fed. Rep., 5: 27 (1908)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia
Regional: Southwestern Europe
Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain
Regional: Middle Europe
Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands
Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Regional: Macaronesia
Canary Is.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Western Asia
Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Turkey
Introduced into:
Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Austria, Baltic States, Bolivia, Brazil South, Chatham Is., Chile Central, China Southeast, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Hainan, Illinois, Ireland, Japan, Kermadec Is., New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Queensland, South Australia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tasmania, Uruguay, Vermont, Victoria, Western Australia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Hudson, W. 1762. Flora Anglica, exhibens Plantas per Regnum Angliae sponte crescentes, distributas Secundum Systema Sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis autorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, officinalibus pharmacopaeorum.: i–[xvi], 1–506, [i]–xxii. BHL Reference page. : 288

Additional references

Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Medicago arabica in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 08. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Medicago arabica. Published online. Accessed: Jun 08 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Medicago arabica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Jun 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Medicago arabica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 08. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Medicago arabica. Accessed: 08 Jun 2021.
Medicago arabica in the Euro+Med PlantBase
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Medicago arabica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names
العربية: فصة عربية
català: Herba de la taca
Deutsch: Arabischer Schneckenklee
English: Spotted Medick
español: Carretón manchado
eesti: Araabia lutsern
suomi: Laikkumailanen
français: Luzerne d'Arabie
hornjoserbsce: Arabiska šlinčina
Nederlands: Gevlekte rupsklaver
Tiếng Việt: Linh lăng Ả Rập