Medicago turbinata

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 turbinata
Name

Medicago turbinata (L.) All., 1785
Synonyms

Medicago apiculata Bastard
Medicago catalonica Schrank
Medicago compressa Biroli ex Colla
Medicago polymorpha var. turbinata L.
Medicago pubescens DC.
Medicago rugosa d'Urv.
Medicago sphaerocarpa Costa
Medicago spinulosa DC.
Medicago tuberculata (Retz.) Willd.
Medicago turbinata subsp. spinulosa (DC.) Ponert

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Continental: Europe
Regional: Southwestern Europe
Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Northern Africa
Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey
Introduced into:
Canary Is., New Jersey, Oregon

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

Allioni, C. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii. Tomus primus. 344 pp. Augustae Taurinorum. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1:315.

Additional references

Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
Small, E. (2011). Alfalfa and relatives. Evolution and classification of Medicago: 1-727. NRC Research Press, Ottawa.
Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Medicago turbinata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 11. Reference page. 
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Medicago turbinata. Published online. Accessed: Jun 11 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Medicago turbinata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Jun 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Medicago turbinata. 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 11. Reference page. 
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Medicago turbinata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2021 Jun 11.

Vernacular names
English: Southern Medick

Medicago turbinata or Southern medick is a plant species of the genus Medicago It is found throughout the Mediterranean basin.[2] It forms a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium Sinorhizobium medicae, which is capable of nitrogen fixation. An unidentified lectin isolated from M. turbinata has shown limited usefulness as a phytohaemagglutinin.[3] The seed weight is 4.66 pounds.[4]

References

Rhodes, L. (2016). "Medicago turbinata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T176613A19401503. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T176613A19401503.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Béna, G.; Lyet, A.; Huguet, T. & Olivier, I. (2005). "Medicago–Sinorhizobium symbiotic specificity evolution and the geographic expansion of Medicago". J. Evol. Biol. 18 (6): 1547–58. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00952.x. PMID 16313467.
Bird, G. W.; Wingham, J. (1983). ""New" lectins for the identification of erythrocyte cryptantigens and the classification of erythrocyte polyagglutinability: Medicago disciformis and Medicago turbinata". J. Clin. Pathol. 36 (2): 195–6. doi:10.1136/jcp.36.2.195. PMC 498150. PMID 6826775.
Bulletin. Plant Industry Bureau. 1913.