Medicago littoralis

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 littoralis
Name

Medicago littoralis Rohde ex Loisel.
Synonyms

Medica littoralis (Rohde ex Loisel.) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 476 (1900)
Medicago arenaria Ten., Cat. Pl. Hort. Neapol. App. 1: 66 (1815)
Medicago braunii Gren. & Godr., Fl. Fr. 1: 393 (1849)
Medicago cylindracea DC., Cat. Pl. Hort. Monsp.: 123 (1813)
Medicago gracilis Biv., Tod. Ind. Sem. Hort. Bot. Panorm.: 26 (1859)
Medicago littoralis f. dextrorsa Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 70)
Medicago littoralis f. sinistrorsa Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 70)
Medicago littoralis ssp. braunii (Godr.) Bonnier & Layens, Fl. Fr.: 75 (1894)
Medicago littoralis ssp. breviseta (DC.) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 70 (1873)
Medicago littoralis ssp. cylindracea (DC.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 167 (1878)
Medicago littoralis ssp. inermis (Moris) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 69 (1873)
Medicago littoralis ssp. longiseta (DC.) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 70 (1873)
Medicago littoralis ssp. tricycla (DC.) Laínz, Anales Inst. Forest. lnvest. 12: 26 (1968)
Medicago littoralis var. breviseta DC., Prodr. [DC. & Lam.] 2: 177 (1825)
Medicago littoralis var. cylindracea (DC.) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Branclenb., 15: 70 (1873)
Medicago littoralis var. depressa Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 70 (1873)
Medicago littoralis var. dextrorsa Durieu, Expl. Sci. Alger., Atlas: 39 (1855)
Medicago littoralis var. inermis Moris, Fl. Sard. 1: 439 (1837)
Medicago littoralis var. longeaculeata Moris, Fl. Sard., 1: 440 (1837)
Medicago littoralis var. longiseta DC., Fl. Frarx. [Lam. & DC.] 5: 568 (1815)
Medicago littoralis var. pentacycla Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 70 (1873)
Medicago littoralis var. rouyana Fiori, Nuova Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 834 (1925)
Medicago littoralis var. rugulosa Batt., Fl. Algérie [Batt. & Trab.] Dicot.: 229 (1889)
Medicago littoralis var. subinermis (Bertol.) Boiss., Fl. Orient., 2: 99 (1872)
Medicago nigra var. tricycla (Godr.) O.Bolòs & Vigo, But. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., 38 Bot., 1: 70 (1974)
Medicago pusilla Viv., Pl. Aegypt. Dec. 4: 14 (1830)
Medicago rugulosa Batt., Batt. & Trab. Fl. de l´Alger. Dicot. 239 (1889)
Medicago subinermis Bertol., Fl. ltal. 8: 290 (1852)
Medicago tetracycla Sennen, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr., 68: 405 (1921), non DC. (1813)
Medicago tricycla DC., Cat. Pl. Hort. Monsp.: 125 (1813)
Medicago trigyra Sennen, Bol. Soc. Iber. Ci. Nat., 26: 88 (1927)
Medicago truncatula subsp. littoralis (Loisel.) Ponert, Feddes Repert. 83: 639 (1973)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia
Regional: Southwestern Europe
Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna,
Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Regional: Macaronesia
Canary Is., Madeira
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Western Asia
Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Sinai, Spain, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan
Introduced into:
Belgium, Florida, Netherlands, New Jersey, South Australia, Western Australia

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

Rohde, M. 1810. Notice sur les Plantes a Ajouler a la Flore de France 118.

Additional references

Franck, A.R., Anderson, L.C., Burkhalter, J.R. & Dickman, S. (2016). Additions to the flora of Florida, U.S.A. (2010-2015) Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 10: 175-190.
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 littoralis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Medicago littoralis. Published online. Accessed: Jun 09 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Medicago littoralis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Jun 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Medicago littoralis. 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 09. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Medicago littoralis. Accessed: 09 Jun 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Medicago littoralis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2021 Jun 09.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Küsten-Schneckenklee
English: Shore Medick
français: Luzerne du littoral

Medicago littoralis is a plant species of the genus Medicago. It is found primarily in the Mediterranean basin. It forms a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti, which is capable of nitrogen fixation. Common names include shore medick,[1] water medick,[2] coastal medick, and strand medick.

References

BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Medicago littoralis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 January 2016.