Medicago L.
(medicks)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Medicago arabica
Spotted Medick
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 		Species 12 images
Medicago lupulina
Black Medick
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 		Species 34 images 1 ident. refs
Medicago minima
Bur Medick
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 		Species 10 images
Medicago polymorpha
Toothed Medick
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 		Species 44 images 1 ident. refs
Medicago praecox
Early Medick
Species 2 ident. refs
Medicago sativa
Lucerne, Medick, Alfalfa
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 		Species 1 subtaxa 1 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMedicago (medicks)
SubfamilyFABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
FamilyFABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
OrderFABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Walls, R.M. & Rich, T.C.G. Medicago, vegetative key to widespread annuals Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Medicago (medicks) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Medicago (medicks)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 99 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Medicago (medicks)
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