Characteristics
Dicots
Medicago arabica (L.)Huds.
SPOTTED MEDICK
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Not Native
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Citation
MEDICAGO ARABICA (Linnaeus) Hudson, Fl. Angl. 288. 1762.
Medicago polymorpha Linnaeus, var. arabica Linnaeus 1753.
Without data (lectotype: Morison, Pl. Hist. Univ. 2(2): pl. 13(12). 1680). Lectotypified by Heyn, Bull. Res. Council Israel, Sect. D, Bot. 7: 157-177. 1959.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua
FLAS
Calhoun
FSU
Escambia
FSU
Gadsden
FLAS
Jefferson
FLAS
Leon
USF
Liberty
FSU
Madison
FLAS
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Medica arabica
Medica arabica (Linnaeus) Medikus, Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Okon. Ges. 2: 386. 1787.
BASIONYM: Medicago polymorpha Linnaeus, var. arabica Linnaeus 1753.
Medica echinata
Medica echinata Lamarck, Fl. Franc. 2: 587. 1779 ("1778"), nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Medicago arabica (Linnaeus) Hudson 1762; Medicago polymorpha Linnaeus, var. arabica Linnaeus 1753.
Medicago arabica subsp. inermis
Medicago arabica (Linnaeus) Hudson, subsp. inermis Ricker, Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 267: 33, pl. 12(1). 1913.
TYPE: CHILE:
Medicago cordata
Medicago cordata Desrousseaux, in Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 636. 1792, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Medicago arabica (Linnaeus) Hudson 1762; Medicago polymorpha Linnaeus, var. arabica Linnaeus 1753.
Medicago maculata
Medicago maculata Sibthorp, Fl. Oxon. 232. 1794, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Medicago arabica (Linnaeus) Hudson 1762; Medicago polymorpha Linnaeus, var. arabica Linnaeus 1753.
Medicago polymorpha var. arabica
Medicago polymorpha Linnaeus, var. arabica Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 780. 1753.
TYPE: Without data (lectotype: Morison, Pl. Hist. Univ. 2(2): pl. 13(12). 1680). Lectotypified by Heyn, Bull. Res. Council Israel, Sect. D, Bot. 7: 157-177. 1959.
Specimens and Distribution
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