Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Fabales > Family Fabaceae > Tribe Trifolieae > Genus Medicago

Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MedicagoL.accepted genus name

Species group names

Medicago polymorpha var. orbicularis L. basionym
Medicago polymorpha var. orbicularis L. homotypic synonym
Medicago applanata Hornem. synonym
Medicago biancae (Urb.) P. Silva synonym
Medicago cuneata J. Woods synonym
Medicago marginata Willd. synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Catalan: acordions; melgó d´acordions; melgó d´estormia; melgó d'acordions; melgò de rodes; melgó d'estormia; rodes; trebol de lepassa; trèvol d´estormia; trèvol de rodes; trèvol d'estormia sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 English: Button Clover; Button Medic; Button Medick; Round-fruited Medick sources: Moussavi, M. - Min. Of Agric. & Rural Develop. Dept. Of Bot. Pub. No. 12. 1977.;Harden, G. J. (Ed.) - Flora Of New South Wales, Vol 2. Kensington: New South Wales 1991.;Townsend, C. C. & Guest, E. - Flora Of Iraq. Vol. 3. Baghdad. 1974.;Haslam, S. M. Et al. - A Flora Of The Maltese Islands 1977.
 Majorcan: trébol d´esturmia; trebol de llepassa; trèvol de llapasa; trèvol d'estormia sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Portuguese: luzerna-de-fruto-lenticular; luzerna-orbicular sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Russian: Lyutzerna Okruglaya sources: Grossheim, A. A. - In: Flora URSS Vol. 11. Mosqua, Leningrad. (Rus) 1941.
 Spanish, Castillian: caracolillo; carretilla; carretón ananillao; carretón pelón; cuerno de carnero

Literature

nomenclatural reference

Bartal., Cat. Piante Siena. 1776.

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ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS). Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=BC3234DB-EF47-4A7D-9E89-5148AD2BD48A

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