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Medicago polymorpha L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl.: 779, 1200 (1753) Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000213460.

Synonyms of Medicago polymorpha L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Medicago polymorpha var. polymorpha Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000179787
Medicago nigra var. nigra wfo-0000186237
Medicago ciliaris Savi Due Cent. Piante: 148 (1804) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000186579
Medicago polymorpha var. vulgaris (Benth.) Shinners Rhodora 58: 310 (1956) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000188408
Medicago hirsuta Schkuhr Bot. Handb. 2: 420 (1796) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000191177
Medicago polymorpha subsp. lappacea (Desr.) Bonafe wfo-0000191213
Medicago polycarpa Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 110 (1841) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000191215
Medicago loretii Albert Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 13 (1893) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000191216
Medicago nigra subsp. microcarpa (Urb.) O.Bolòs & Vigo Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 69 (1974) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000191217
Medicago terebellum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1416 (1802) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000191218
Medicago polycarpa subsp. polymorpha (L.) Cadevall & Sallent Fl. Catalunya 2: 85 (1919) wfo-0000191219
Medicago polycarpa subsp. reticulata (Benth.) H.J.Coste Fl. Descr. France 3: 719 (1906) wfo-0000191220
Medicago polymorpha subsp. polycarpa (Willd. ex Steud.) Romero Zarco Lagascalia 14: 146 (1986) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000191221
Medicago polymorpha var. nigra L. Mant. Pl. 2: 454 (1771) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000200754
Medicago hispida var. nigra (L.) Menezes Fl. Madeira: 44 (1914) wfo-0000200757
Medicago polymorpha var. apiculata (Willd.) Ooststr. & Reichg. wfo-0000203336
Medicago hispida var. confinus (W.D.J.Koch) Burnat wfo-0000210133
Medicago cyrenaea Maire & Weiller Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 30: 273 (1939 publ. 1940) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000213421
Medicago polymorpha subsp. hispida Ponert Feddes Repert. 83: 639 (1972 publ. 1973) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000213461
Medicago hispida Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 349 (1791) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000213463
Medicago denticulata Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1414 (1802) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000213464
Medicago lappacea Desr. J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 637 (1792) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000214462
Medicago pentacycla DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 124 (1813) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000214463
Medicago apiculata Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1414 (1802) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000214465
Medicago nigra (L.) Krock. Fl. Siles. 2(2): 244 (1790) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000214466
Medicago reticulata Benth. Cat. Pl. Pyrénées: 101 (1826) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000214467
Medicago flexuosa Ten. Fl. Napol. 1(Prodr.): XLV (1812) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374174
Medicago distans Poir. J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 326 (1813) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374185
Medicago echinata Boucher Extr. Fl. Abbeville: 56 (1803) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374188
Medicago heterocarpa Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1872(App.): 3 (1872) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374194
Medicago hamata C.Presl J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl, Delic. Prag.: 45 (1822) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374196
Medicago canescens Graham N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 5946 (1831) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374220
Medicago caspia Gruner ex Boiss. Fl. Orient., Suppl.: 167 (1888) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374223
Medicago caspica Jacq. ex Spreng. Novi Provent.: 27 (1818) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374224
Medicago catalonica Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1872(App.): 4 (1872) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374226
Medicago cyrenaica Maire & Weiller Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 30: 273 (1939 publ. 1940) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374236
Medicago conica Schkuhr Bot. Handb. 2: 420 (1796) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374238
Medicago microdon Ehrenb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1827: ? (1827) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374255
Medicago microcarpa Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1872(App.): 3 (1875) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374259
Medicago oligocarpa Corb. Nouv. Fl. Normandie: 150 (1894) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374261
Medicago neurocarpos Kunze ex Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1872(App.): 3 (1872) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374266
Medicago hystrix Ten. Fl. Napol. 1(Prodr.): XLV (1812) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374277
Medicago intermedia DC. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 169 (1832) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374282
Medicago berteroana Moris Ann. Storia Nat. 4: 59 (1830) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374344
Medicago bimuricata Retz. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 513 (1821) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374347
Medica bimuricata Moench Methodus: 117 (1794) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374363
Medica pentacycla (DC.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 475 (1899) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374375
Medica polymorpha (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 89 (1771) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374376
Medica reticulata (Benth.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 480 (1899) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374389
Medicago reynieri Albert Bull. Herb. Boissier 1(App. 1): 14 (1893) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374463
Medicago sardoa Moris Stirp. Sard. Elench. 1: 15 (1827) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374474
Medicago polyantha Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 278 (1867) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374475
Medicago stricta Wallr. ex Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1872(App.): 3 (1872) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000374526
Medica apiculata (Willd.) Greene Man. Bot. San Francisco: 102 (1894) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001052785
Medica denticulata (Willd.) Greene Man. Bot. San Francisco: 102 (1894) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001052786
Medicago tuberculata Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1872(App.): 3 (1872) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001055364
Medicago oligocarpa Corb. Nouv. Fl. Normandie : 150 (1894) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001059735
Medicago nigra var. apiculata (Willd.) O.Bolòs & Vigo Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 70 (1974) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001060149
Medicago nigra var. denticulata (Willd.) O.Bolòs & Vigo Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 70 (1974) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001060150
Medicago denticulata var. vulgaris Benth. Cat. Pl. Pyrénées: 103 (1826) wfo-0001061460
Medicago hispida var. denticulata (Willd.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 430 1907 wfo-0001061461
Medicago apiculata var. confinis W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 164 (1836) wfo-0001061467
Medicago denticulata var. brevispina Benth. Cat. Pl. Pyrénées: 103 (1826) wfo-0001061468
Medicago hispida var. apiculata (Willd.) Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(Suppl. 3): 2 (1873) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001061469
Medicago polymorpha f. apiculata (Willd.) Shinners Rhodora 58: 11 (1956) wfo-0001061721
Medicago polycarpa var. tuberculata Godr. J.C.M.Grenier & G.Godron, Fl. France Corse 1: 390 (1848) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001061722
Medicago hispida var. denticulata (Willd.) Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(Suppl. 3): 2 (1873) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001241343
Medicago polymorpha subsp. microcarpa (Urb.) O.Bolòs, Vigo, Masalles & Ninot Fl. Man. Paísos Catalans: 1214 (1990) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001261473
Medicago hispida var. microcarpa Urb. wfo-0001261474
Medicago hispida subsp. denticulata (Willd.) Piper & Beattie Fl. N.W. Coast: 222 (1915) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001360062
Medicago hispida var. confinis (W.D.J.Koch) Burnat Fl. Alpes Marit. 2: 106 (1896) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001380392
Medicago hispida var. inermis Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(Suppl. 3): 2 (1873) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001380396
Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina (Benth.) Heyn Scripta Hierosolymitana 12: 77 (1963) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001380414
Medicago polycarpa var. apiculata (Willd.) Godr. J.C.M.Grenier & D.A.Godron, Fl. France Corse 1: 390 (1849) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001381021
Medicago polycarpa var. denticulata (Willd.) Godr. J.C.M.Grenier & D.A.Godron, Fl. France Corse 1: 390 (1849) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001381022
Medicago nigra var. pentacycla (DC.) O.Bolòs & Vigo Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 70 (1974) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001387266
Medicago nigra var. polygyra (Urb.) O.Bolòs & Vigo Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 70 (1974) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001387267
Medicago nigra var. vulgaris (Benth.) Franco Nova Fl. Portugal 1: 553 (1971) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001387269
Medicago polymorpha var. denticulata (Willd.) Kerguélen Coll. Patrim. Nat. 8: xiv (1993) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001390105
Medicago denticulata subsp. lappacea (Desr.) Ball J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 415 (1878) wfo-0001446783
Medicago denticulata subsp. polymorpha (L.) Pit. & Proust Iles Canaries: 158 (1909) wfo-0001446784
Medicago denticulata var. apiculata (Willd.) Moris Fl. Caprar.: 35 (1839) wfo-0001446785
Medicago denticulata var. caspica (Jacq. ex Spreng.) Grossh. V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 11: 171 (1941) wfo-0001446786
Medicago denticulata var. ciliaris DC. J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 6: 569 (1815) wfo-0001446787
Medicago denticulata var. confinis (W.D.J.Koch) Batt. J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 232 (1888) wfo-0001446788
Medicago denticulata var. lappacea W.D.J.Koch J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 5: 339 (1839) wfo-0001446789
Medicago denticulata var. macracantha Webb & Berthel. Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 2): 64 (1842) wfo-0001446790
Medicago denticulata var. macrocarpa Moris & De Not. Fl. Caprar.: 35 (1839) wfo-0001446791
Medicago denticulata var. oligocarpa Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 36 (1899) wfo-0001446792
Medicago denticulata var. pentacycla (DC.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 2: 102 (1872) wfo-0001446793
Medicago denticulata var. reticulata (Benth.) Batt. J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 232 (1889) wfo-0001446794
Medicago denticulata var. tuberculata Moris Fl. Sardoa 1:@ 164 (1837) wfo-0001446795
Medicago hispida f. aculeata Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(Suppl. 3): 2 (1873) wfo-0001446882
Medicago hispida f. breviaculeata Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(Suppl. 3): 2 (1873) wfo-0001446883
Medicago hispida f. longeaculeata Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(Suppl. 3): 2 (1873) wfo-0001446884
Medicago hispida f. longispina Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(Suppl. 3): 2 (1873) wfo-0001446885
Medicago hispida f. microdon (Ehrenb.) Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(Suppl. 3): 2 (1873) wfo-0001446886
Medicago hispida f. sardoa (Moris) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 433 (1907) wfo-0001446887
Medicago hispida f. tuberculata Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(Suppl. 3): 2 (1873) wfo-0001446888
Medicago hispida subsp. apiculata (Willd.) Corb. Nouv. Fl. Normandie: 151 (1894) wfo-0001446889
Medicago hispida subsp. lappacea (Desr.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 75 (1894) wfo-0001446890
Medicago hispida subsp. lappacea Menezes Fl. Madeira: 44 (1914) wfo-0001446891
Medicago hispida var. macrocarpa Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 74 (1873) wfo-0001446892
Medicago hispida subsp. microcarpa Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(Suppl. 3): 2 (1873) wfo-0001446893
Medicago hispida subsp. oligocarpa Corb. Nouv. Fl. Normandie: 150 (1894) wfo-0001446894
Medicago hispida subsp. pentacycla (DC.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 164 (1882) wfo-0001446895
Medicago hispida subsp. polycarpa (Willd. ex Steud.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 75 (1894) wfo-0001446896
Medicago hispida subsp. polygyra (Urb.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 164 (1882) wfo-0001446897
Medicago hispida subsp. polymorpha (L.) Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 36 (1899) wfo-0001446898
Medicago hispida subvar. brevispina Nègre Luzernes du Maroc: 69 (1956) wfo-0001446899
Medicago hispida var. aculeata (Urb.) Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 37 (1899) wfo-0001446900
Medicago hispida var. brachyantha Lowe Man. Fl. Madeira 1: 159 (1862) wfo-0001446901
Medicago hispida var. gracillima (Tineo ex Tod.) Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 37 (1899) wfo-0001446902
Medicago hispida var. lappacea Burnat Fl. Alpes Marit. 2: 107 (1896) wfo-0001446903
Medicago hispida var. macracantha (Webb & Berthel.) Briq. Prodr. Fl. Corse 2(1): 271 (1913) wfo-0001446904
Medicago hispida var. microdon (Batt.) Nègre Luzernes du Maroc: 69 (1956) wfo-0001446905
Medicago hispida var. oligocarpa (Corb.) Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 36 (1899) wfo-0001446906
Medicago hispida var. oligogyra Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(Suppl. 3): 2 (1873) wfo-0001446907
Medicago hispida var. pentacycla (DC.) Godr. J.C.M.Grenier & G.Gordon, Fl. France Corse 1: 393 (1849) wfo-0001446908
Medicago hispida var. pentacycla (DC.) Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis)1873(Suppl. 3): 2 (1873) wfo-0001446909
Medicago hispida var. polygyra Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(Suppl. 3): 2 (1873) wfo-0001446910
Medicago hispida var. polygyra (Urb.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 546 (1936) wfo-0001446911
Medicago hispida var. reynieri (Albert) Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 37 (1899) wfo-0001446912
Medicago hispida var. trigyra Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1872(App.): 4 (1872) wfo-0001446914
Medicago hispida var. tuberculata (Urb.) Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 26 (1899) wfo-0001446915
Medicago lappacea subsp. denticulata (Willd.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 169 (1878) wfo-0001446949
Medicago lappacea var. brachyacantha Lowe Man. Fl. Madeira: 158 (1868) wfo-0001446950
Medicago lappacea var. denticulata (Willd.) Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 74 (1873) wfo-0001446951
Medicago lappacea var. longispina Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 75 (1873) wfo-0001446952
Medicago lappacea var. macracantha (Webb & Berthel.) Lowe Man. Fl. Madeira 1: 158 (1862) wfo-0001446953
Medicago lappacea var. microcarpa Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 74 (1873) wfo-0001446954
Medicago lappacea var. microdon Batt. J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 231 (1889) wfo-0001446955
Medicago lappacea var. paucigyrosa Guss. Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 366 (1844) wfo-0001446956
Medicago lappacea var. pentacycla (DC.) Godr. J.C.M.Grenier & D.A.Godron, Fl. France Corse 1: 390 (1848) wfo-0001446957
Medicago obscura var. microdon (Ehrenb.) Vis. Fl. Dalmat. 3: 283 (1852) wfo-0001447081
Medicago pentacycla var. longeaculeata (Urb.) Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 38 (1899) wfo-0001447115
Medicago pentacycla var. longiseta Benth. Cat. Pl. Pyrénées: 104 (1826) wfo-0001447116
Medicago polymorpha var. ciliaris (DC.) Shinners Rhodora 58: 9 (1956) wfo-0001447117
Medicago polymorpha var. polygyra (Urb.) Shinners Rhodora 58: 9 (1956) wfo-0001447118
Medicago turbinata subvar. aculeata (Gaertn.) Nègre Luzernes du Maroc: 58 (1956) wfo-0001447256
Medicago turbinata var. aculeata (Gaertn.) Asch. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1871(App.): 1 (1872) wfo-0001447259
Medicago hispida prol. lappacea (Menezes) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 432 (1907) wfo-0001450016
Medicago hispida prol. pentacycla (DC.) Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 38 (1899) wfo-0001450017
Medicago hispida prol. polygyra (Urb.) Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 37 (1899) wfo-0001450018
Medicago hispida prol. terebellum (Willd.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 432 (1907) wfo-0001450019
Medicago polycarpa Schur Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 15(2): 175 (1877) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000038608
Medicago persica Steven ex Fisch. Cat. Jard. Gorenki, ed. 2: 69 (1812) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000038609
Medicago hispida f. maculifolia Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 31: 17 (1940) wfo-1200000789
Medicago hispida f. serratifolia Blakelock Kew Bull. 3: 416 (1948 publ. 1949) wfo-1200001133
Medicago hispida var. reticulata (Benth.) Urb. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 15: 75 (1873) wfo-1200001167
Medicago aculeata Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 349 (1791) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200001601
Medicago polymorpha subsp. reticulata (Benth.) Coste Fl. Descr. France 3: 719 (1906) wfo-1200001603
Medicago apiculata var. legionensis Gand. Cat. Pl. Espagne: 87 (1917) wfo-1200002044
Medicago hispida subvar. pentacycla (DC.) Pérez Lara Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 21: 249 (1892) wfo-1200002332
Medicago hispida subsp. macrocarpa Urb. Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(Suppl. 3): 2 (1873) wfo-1200002419
Medicago confinis (W.D.J.Koch) J.M.Black Fl. S. Austral.: 2 (1924) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200009367
Medicago denticulata Boiss. Fl. Orient. 2: 102 (1872) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200009368
Medicago obscura Vis. Fl. Dalmat. 3: 283 (1851) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200009375
Medicago polymorpha f. tuberculata (Urb.) Shinners Rhodora 58: 11 (1956) wfo-1200009409
Medicago polymorpha var. confinis (W.D.J.Koch) Ooststr. & Reichg. Acta Bot. Neerl. 7: 115 (1958) wfo-1200023099
Medicago gracillima Tineo ex Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1868: 36 (1869) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200023126
Medicago hispida var. apiculata (Willd.) Burnat Fl. Alpes Marit. 2: 106 (1896) wfo-1200023157
Medicago hispida var. denticulata (Willd.) Godr. Fl. Lorraine 1: 393 (1849) wfo-1200023158
Medicago hispida var. inermis (Urb.) Rouy G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 37 (1899) wfo-1200023159
Medicago hispida var. nigra (L.) Burnat Fl. Alpes Marit. 2: 106 (1892) wfo-1200023169

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