Medicago orbicularis

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 orbicularis
Name

Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal., 1776
Synonyms

Medica inermis Lam., Fl. Fr. 2: 586 (1779)
Medica orbicularis (L.) Medik., Vorles. Churf. Phys. Ges. 2: 886 (1787)
Medica orbiculata Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 474 (1900)
Medicago ambigua Jord. ex Boreau, Fl. Centr. Fr. ed. III. 2: 147 (1857)
Medicago applanata Willd. ex Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. Suppl 85 (1819)
Medicago biancae (Urb.) P.Silva, Agron. Lusit. 35: 298 (1974)
Medicago biancae Tod ex Urb., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 60 (1873)
Medicago clypeata Lindl., Bot. Reg. (1839) Misc. 60
Medicago cuneata J.Woods, Tourists Fl.: 84 (1850)
Medicago echinata (Lam.) Steud., Nom. ed. II. 2: 109 (1808)
Medicago marginata Willd., Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 802 (1809)
Medicago orbicularis (L.) All., Fl. Ped. 1: 314 (1785)
Medicago orbicularis f. applanata Costa, Introd. Fl. Cataluna: 59 (1864)
Medicago orbicularis f. biancae (Tod.) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 60 (1873)
Medicago orbicularis f. canescens Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 60 (1873)
Medicago orbicularis f. glabella Abdullah in Khass., Dikornst. Lyust. Sred. Asii: 86 (1972)
Medicago orbicularis f. glanduligera Kozuharov, Bulg. Acad. Sci. Reports, 15: 149 (1965)
Medicago orbicularis f. glandulosa Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 60 (1873)
Medicago orbicularis f. macrocarpa (Rouy) Casellas, Coll. Bot., 6: 223 (1962)
Medicago orbicularis f. microcarpa Casellas, Coll. Bot., 6: 224 (1962)
Medicago orbicularis f. pilosa (Benth.) Urb., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb., 15: 60 (1873)
Medicago orbicularis f. praecox Sinskaya, Fl. Cult. Pl. U. S. S. R., 13(1): 176 (1950)
Medicago orbicularis f. rubra Sinskaya, FI. Cult. Pl. U. S. S. R.,13(1): 177 (1950)
Medicago orbicularis f. tardiflora Sinskaya, Fl. Cult. Pl. U. S. S. R., 13(1): 176 (1950)
Medicago orbicularis f. viridis Sinskaya, Fl. Cult. Pl. U. S. S. R., 13(1): 177 (1950)
Medicago orbicularis subsp. castellana (Casellas) P.Monts., Soc. Ech. Pl. Vasc. Eur. Occid. Bassin. Medit. H. Bull., fasc. no. 15: 76 1972-1973 (1974)
Medicago orbicularis subsp. marginata (Willd.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 167 (1878)
Medicago orbicularis var. applanata (Willd.) Nègre, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 50: 285 (1959)
Medicago orbicularis var. biancae (Tod. ex Urb.) Batt., Fl. Algérie [Batt. & Trab.] Dicot.: 226 (1889)
Medicago orbicularis var. castellana Casellas, Coll. Bot., 6: 224 (1962)
Medicago orbicularis var. catholica Nègre, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 50: 286 (1959)
Medicago orbicularis var. cuneata (J.Woods) Fiori, Fl. Ital., 2: 34 (1900)
Medicago orbicularis var. glandulosa (Urb.) Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 18 (1899)
Medicago orbicularis var. hebecarpa Pancic, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 6: 479 (1856)
Medicago orbicularis var. laxicycla Salisb., Flora, 17: 54 (1834)
Medicago orbicularis var. macrocarpa Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 18 (1899)
Medicago orbicularis var. marginata (Willd.) Benth., Cat. Pl. Pyrendes: 100 (1826)
Medicago orbicularis var. microcarpa Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 18 (1899)
Medicago orbicularis var. microcarpa Ser., DC., Prodr., 2: 174 (1825)
Medicago orbicularis var. pilosa (Willd.) Benth., Cat. Pl. Pyr.: 101 (1826)
Medicago orbicularis var. undulata Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 18 (1899)
Medicago orbiculata Gaertn., De Fruct., 2: 349 (1791)
Medicago polymorpha var. orbicularis L., Sp. Pl.: 779 (1753)
Medicago viscidula Bellardi ex Colla
Pocockia applanata (Willd. ex Hornem.) Trautv.
Pocockia marginata (Willd.) Trautv.
Pocockia orbicularis (L.) Trautv.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Southwestern Europe
Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Romania, Sicilia, Yugoslavia
Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
Eritrea, Ethiopia.
Regional: Southern Africa
Zimbabwe
Regional: Macaronesia
Canary Islands
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Caucasus
North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
Regional: Western Asia
Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
Regional: Middle Asia
Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Regional: Arabian Peninsula
Saudi Arabia.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Indian Subcontinent
India, Pakistan, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Alabama, California, Czechoslovakia, Florida, Georgia, Hungary, Illinois, Japan, New South Wales, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Queensland, South Australia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Victoria, Western Australia

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

Bartalini, B. 1776. Catalogo delle piante che nascono spontaneamente intorno alla citta' di Siena 60.

Additional references

Chester, E.W., Wofford, B.E., Shaw, J.T., Estes, D. & Webb, D.H. (eds.) 2015. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee. 813 pp., University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. ISBN 978-1-62190-100-6. Reference page.
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 orbicularis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Medicago orbicularis. Published online. Accessed: Jun 10 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Medicago orbicularis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Jun 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Medicago orbicularis. 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 10. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Medicago orbicularis. Accessed: 10 Jun 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Medicago orbicularis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2021 Jun 10.

Vernacular names
English: Button Clover, Button Medick

Medicago orbicularis is a plant species found throughout the Mediterranean basin and along the European Black Sea coast. It forms a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium Sinorhizobium medicae, which is capable of nitrogen fixation. Common names include blackdisk medick,[1] button clover, button medick, and round-fruited medick.

References

USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Medicago orbicularis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

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