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Medicago
Medicago littoralis
Medicago littoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Trifolieae
Genus: Medicago
L.
Species

Medicago agropyretorum
Medicago alatavica
Medicago arabica
Medicago arborea
Medicago archiducis-nicolai
Medicago astroites
Medicago blancheana
Medicago brachycarpa
Medicago cancellata
Medicago carstiensis
Medicago caucasica
Medicago constricta
Medicago coronata
Medicago crassipes
Medicago cretacea
Medicago cyrenaea
Medicago daghestanica
Medicago difalcata
Medicago disciformis
Medicago doliata
Medicago edgeworthii
Medicago falcata
Medicago fischeriana
Medicago glomerata
Medicago granadensis
Medicago grossheimii
Medicago gunibica
Medicago heldreichii
Medicago hemicoerulea
Medicago heyniana
Medicago hybrida
Medicago hypogaea
Medicago intertexta
Medicago karatschaia
Medicago komarovii
Medicago laciniata
Medicago lanigera
Medicago laxispira
Medicago littoralis
Medicago lupulina
Medicago marina
Medicago medicaginoides
Medicago meyeri
Medicago minima
Medicago monantha
Medicago monspeliaca
Medicago murex
Medicago muricoleptis
Medicago noeana
Medicago orbicularis
Medicago orthoceras
Medicago ovalis
Medicago papillosa
Medicago persica
Medicago phrygia
Medicago pironae
Medicago playtcarpa
Medicago polyceratia
Medicago polychroa
Medicago polymorpha
Medicago praecox
Medicago prostrata
Medicago radiata
Medicago retrorsa
Medicago rhodopea
Medicago rigida
Medicago rigidula
Medicago rotata
Medicago rugosa
Medicago rupestris
Medicago ruthenica
Medicago sativa
Medicago sauvagei
Medicago saxatilis
Medicago schischkinii
Medicago scutellata
Medicago secundiflora
Medicago sinskiae
Medicago soleirolii
Medicago strasseri
Medicago suffruticosa
Medicago talyschensis
Medicago tenoreana
Medicago tornata
Medicago transoxana
Medicago truncatula
Medicago tunetana
Medicago turbinata
Medicago vardanis
Medicago virescens
Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta - rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta - zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta - trimerophytes Pteridophyta - ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... It has been suggested that Angiospermae, and Anthophyta be merged into this article or section. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families Fabaceae (legumes) Quillajaceae Polygalaceae (milkwort family) Surianaceae The Fabales are an order of flowering plants, included in the rosid group of dicotyledons. ... Subfamilies Faboideae Caesalpinioideae Mimosoideae References GRIN-CA 2002-09-01 The name Fabaceae belongs to either of two families, depending on viewpoint. ... Tribes Abreae Adesmieae Aeschynomeneae Amorpheae Bossiaeeae Brongniartieae Carmichaelieae Cicereae Crotalarieae Dalbergieae Desmodieae Dipterygeae Euchresteae Galegeae Genisteae Hedysareae Indigofereae Liparieae Loteae Millettieae Mirbelieae Phaseoleae Podalyrieae Psoraleeae Robinieae Sophoreae Swartzieae Thermopsideae Trifolieae Vicieae Faboideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. ... Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as  , (May 23[], 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... Binomial name Medicago sativa Medicago sativa is a forage legume. ... Binomial name Medicago truncatula Gaertn. ...

Ref: ILDIS
as of November 2005

Medicago (family: Fabaceae, the pea family) is a genus of perennial flowering plant, known generally as medick or burclover. The most prominent member of the genus is alfalfa (M. sativa), an important crop. Subfamilies Faboideae Caesalpinioideae Mimosoideae References GRIN-CA 2002-09-01 The name Fabaceae belongs to either of two families, depending on viewpoint. ... Binomial name Pisum sativum L. A pea is the small, edible round green bean which grows in a pod on the leguminous vine Pisum sativum, or in some cases to the immature pods. ... Binomial name Medicago sativa L. Subspecies subsp. ...


Most members of the family are low, creeping herbs. However, alfalfa grows to a height of 1 meter, and Tree Medick (M. arborea) is a shrub.


Other than alfalfa, several of the creeping members of the family have been used as forage crops.


Medicago species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Common Swift, Flame, Latticed Heath, Lime-speck Pug, Nutmeg, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Turnip Moth and case-bearers of the genus Coleophora including C. frischella (recorded on M. sativa) and C. fuscociliella (feeds exclusively on Medicago spp). A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Superfamilies Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Acanthopteroctetoidea Alucitoidea Axioidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidea Choreutoidea Cossoidea Drepanoidea Epermenioidea Eriocranioidea Galacticoidea Gelechioidea Geometroidea Gracillarioidea Hedyloidea Hepialoidea Heterobathmioidea Hyblaeoidea Immoidea Incurvarioidea Lasiocampoidea Lophocoronoidea Micropterigoidea Mimallonoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Neopseustoidea Nepticuloidea Noctuoidea Palaephatoidea Pterophoroidea Pyraloidea Schreckensteinioidea Sesioidea Simaethistoidea Thyridoidea Tineoidea Tischerioidea Tortricoidea Urodoidea Whalleyanoidea Yponomeutoidea Zygaenoidea The order Lepidoptera... Binomial name Korscheltellus lupulina (Linnaeus, 1758) The Common Swift (Korscheltellus lupulina) is a moth of the family Hepialidae. ... Binomial name Axylia putris Linnaeus, 1761 The Flame (Axylia putris) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ... Binomial name Semiothisa clathrata Linnaeus, 1758 The Latticed Heath (Semiothisa clathrata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. ... Binomial name Eupithecia centaureata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 The Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. ... Binomial name Discestra trifolii Hufnagel, 1758 The Nutmeg (Discestra trifolii), also known as the Clover Cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ... Binomial name Xestia c-nigrum Linnaeus, 1758 The Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ... Binomial name Agrotis segetum Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 The Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ... Coleophora is a very large genus of moths of the family Coleophoridae with over 750 described species. ...



 

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