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Medicago arabica (L.) Huds.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Fl. Angl.: 288 (1762)

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Medica arabica (L.) Medik.
Medica echinata Lam.
Medica maculata Bubani
Medicago arabica f. elegans Ko
Medicago arabica f. heptacycla Urb.
Medicago arabica f. pastoralis Ko
Medicago arabica f. purpurea Burkart
Medicago arabica subsp. inermis Ricker
Medicago arabica var. heptacycla
Medicago arabica var. longispina Rouy
Medicago arabica var. maculata Maire
Medicago arabica var. minor Lojac. & Pojark.
Medicago cordata Desr.
Medicago coronata Pall. ex M.Bieb.
Medicago maculata Hook. & Arn.
Medicago maculata Sibth.
Medicago maculata Willd.
Medicago maculata var. tetraphylla Desp.
Medicago oxalioides Schur
Medicago polymorpha subsp. arabica L.
Homonyms
Medicago arabica (L.) Huds.
Medicago arabica All., 1785
Common names
Ar in Latvian
Arabischer Schneckenklee in German
Arabischer Schneckenklee in German
Arabischer Schneckenklee in German
Arabischer Schneckenklee in German
Arabischer Schneckenklee in German
Arabischer Schneckenklee in German
Burclover in English
Erba medica araba in Italian
Erba medica araba in Italian
Erba medica araba in Italian
Gevlekte rupsklaver in Dutch
Llys y Meheryn in Welsh
Luzerne d'Arabie in French
Luzerne d'Arabie in French
Luzerne d'Arabie, Luzerne maculée, Luzerne tachetée in French
Luzerne tachetée in French
Maglys Amrywedd in Welsh
Maglys Brith in Welsh
Meillion Calfari in Welsh
Meillion Gragenog in Welsh
Plet-sneglebælg in Danish
Plet-sneglebælg in Danish
Plettet sneglebælg in Danish
Plettet sneglebælg in Danish
Plettet sneglebælg in Danish
Southern Burr Clover in English
Spotted Bur Medick in English
Spotted Bur-clover in English
Spotted Burclover in English
Spotted Burrclover in English
Spotted Medic in English
Spotted Medick in English
Spotted Medick in English
Spotted medick in English
Spotted-leaf Medic in English
alfafa-de-folhas-manchadas in Portuguese
alfafa-de-folhas-manchadas in Portuguese
araabia lutsern in Estonian
arabischer Schneckenklee in German
arabischer Schneckenklee in German
flekksneglebelg in Norwegian
flekksneglebelg in Norwegian Bokmål
flekksnigleskolm in Nynorsk, Norwegian
fläcklusern in Swedish
fläcklusern in Swedish
gevlekte rupsklaver in Dutch
he ban mu xu in Chinese
he ban mu xu in language.
herba de la taca in Catalan–Valencian

Bibliographic References

  1. BOLÓS,O.DE &
  2. Colling G., Helminger T., Krippel Y., Schneider S. & Daco L. 2025. - Red List of the Vascular Plants of Luxembourg. Ferrantia 93, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 65 pp http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q136766546
  3. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter (The vascular plants of Sweden - a checklist)
  4. Mirek Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa H., Zając A., Zając A., Zając M.. 2020. Vascular plants of Poland. An annotated checklist. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków
  5. Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp.
  6. Van der Meijden, R. (2005)
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