Characteristics
Dicots
Medicago arabica (L.)Huds.
SPOTTED MEDICK
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Not Native
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Classification
FABALES
Medicago arabica (L.)Huds. - SPOTTED MEDICK
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
County - Species Present
Source
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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Plant Photos
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