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Medicago sativa L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Sp. Pl.: 778 (1753)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Fabales
family
Fabaceae
genus
Medicago
species
Medicago sativa

Name

Synonyms
Medica sativa (L.) Mill.
Medica sativa Lam.
Medicago afganica (Bordere) Vassilcz.
Medicago falcata Lam.
Medicago praesativa subsp. spontanea Sinskaya
Medicago roborovskii Vassilcz.
Medicago sativa f. microphylla Pau
Medicago sativa f. sativa
Medicago sativa subsp. vulgaris (Alef.) Arcang.
Medicago sativa var. vulgaris Alef.
Medicago vera Kirschl.
Homonyms
Medicago sativa Urb.
Medicago sativa L.
Common names
Alfalfa in English
Alfalfa in English
Alfalfa in English
Alfalfa in English
Alfalfa in English
Echte Luzerne in German
Foder-lucerne in Danish
Lucerne in Danish
Lucerne in English
Lucerne in English
Luzerne in German
Refasmári in Icelandic
Saat-Luzerne in German
alfafa in Portuguese
alfafa-de-flor-roxa in Portuguese
alfafa-verdadeira in Portuguese
alfalfa in English
blålusern, alfalfa in language.
burseem in Arabic
erba medica in Italian
foderlusern in Swedish
jajukgaejari in language.
jatt in Arabic
lucerne in English
lucerne in English
lusern in Nynorsk, Norwegian
lusern in Norwegian
luzerne in French
luzerne in Dutch
luzerne commune in French
medica in Italian
sinimailanen in Finnish
자주개자리 in language.
Alfalfa in English
Luzerne in Dutch
alfalfa in English
foderlusern in Swedish
luzerne cultivée in French
Lucerne in English
Medick in English
Medick in English
Medick in English
alfalfa in English
lucerne in English
lusern in Nynorsk, Norwegian
lusern in Norwegian Bokmål
luzerne in French
luzerne commune in French

Bibliographic References

  1. BOLÓS,O.DE &
  2. Karlsson (2013-09-04 22:00:00) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter
  3. The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).
  4. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021cwn), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=MESA
  5. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021cwn), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=MESA
  6. Van der Meijden, R. (2005)
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