Taxon:  Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
104921
Place of publication:
Fl. sred. juz. ross. 1:226.  1895
Verified:
05/22/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Medicago sativa L. (589 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. tunetana Murb. (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. (37 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. (20 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. falcata (L.) Döll (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. viscosa (Rchb.) Posp. (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. glomerata (Balb.) Rouy (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. var. sativa (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medicago caerulea Less. ex Ledeb.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago caerulea Less. ex Ledeb. var. caerulea

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago hemicoerulea Sinskaya
Medicago sativa L. subsp. microcarpa Urb.

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Reference(s)
  1. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: lists as "coerulea"
  2. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  3. Gunn, C. R. et al. 1978. Classification of Medicago sativa L. using legume characters and flower colors. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1574:10.
  4. Havananda, T. et al. 2010. Relationships among diploid members of the Medicago sativa (Fabaceae) species complex based on chloroplast and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Syst. Bot. 35:140-150. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  5. Ivanov, A. I. 1980. Alfalfa [Lyutserna]. In Lenin Acad. Agric. Sciences, D. D. Brezhnev, ed.
  6. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Medicago caerulea Less. ex Ledeb.
  7. Lesins, K. A. & I. Lesins. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). A taxogenetic study 98. Note: lists as "coerulea"
  8. Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist Note: = Medicago sativa subsp. microcarpa Urb.
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Small, E. 2011. Alfalfa and relatives: evolution and classification of Medicago NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Canada.
  11. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  12. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English blue alfalfa 1 Small, E. 2011. Alfalfa and relatives: evolution and classification of Medicago NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Canada.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey n.e.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Turkey (n.e.)
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
Naturalized
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=104921. Accessed 22 November 2024.