Alfalfa

Alfalfa
	Medicago sativa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Medicago
Species:	M. sativa
Binomial name
	Medicago sativa; L.
Subspecies
	M. sativa subsp. ambigua (Trautv.) Tutin; M. sativa subsp. microcarpa Urban; M. sativa subsp. sativa; M. sativa subsp. varia (T. Martyn) Arcang.;
Synonyms
	List Medica sativa Lam.; Medicago afganica (Bordere) Vassilcz.; Medicago beipinensis Vassilcz.; Medicago coerulea Ledeb. [Spelling variant]; Medicago grandiflora (Grossh.) Vassilcz.; Medicago hemicycla Grossh.; Medicago ladak Vassilcz.; Medicago lavrenkoi Vassilcz.; Medicago media Pers.; Medicago mesopotamica Vassilcz.; Medicago ochroleuca Kult.; Medicago orientalis Vassilcz.; Medicago polia (Brand) Vassilcz.; Medicago praesativa Sinskaya; Medicago rivularis Vassilcz.; Medicago sogdiana (Brand) Vassilcz.; Medicago subdicycla (Trautv.) Vassilcz.; Medicago sylvestris Fr.; Medicago tianschanica Vassilcz.; Medicago tibetana (Alef.) Vassilcz.; Medicago trautvetteri Sumnev.; Medicago varia Martyn; Trigonella upendrae H.J.Chowdhery & R.R.Rao; ;

References

↑ illustration from Amédée Masclef - Atlas des plantes de France. 1891
↑ "Medicago sativa – ILDIS LegumeWeb". ildis.org. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 3 October 2014.

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Alfalfa

Medicago sativa^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Medicago
Species:	M. sativa
Binomial name
*Medicago sativa* L.^[2]
Subspecies
M. sativa subsp. ambigua (Trautv.) Tutin M. sativa subsp. microcarpa Urban M. sativa subsp. sativa M. sativa subsp. varia (T. Martyn) Arcang.
Synonyms^[3]
List Medica sativa Lam. Medicago afganica (Bordere) Vassilcz. Medicago beipinensis Vassilcz. Medicago coerulea Ledeb. [Spelling variant] Medicago grandiflora (Grossh.) Vassilcz. Medicago hemicycla Grossh. Medicago ladak Vassilcz. Medicago lavrenkoi Vassilcz. Medicago media Pers. Medicago mesopotamica Vassilcz. Medicago ochroleuca Kult. Medicago orientalis Vassilcz. Medicago polia (Brand) Vassilcz. Medicago praesativa Sinskaya Medicago rivularis Vassilcz. Medicago sogdiana (Brand) Vassilcz. Medicago subdicycla (Trautv.) Vassilcz. Medicago sylvestris Fr. Medicago tianschanica Vassilcz. Medicago tibetana (Alef.) Vassilcz. Medicago trautvetteri Sumnev. Medicago varia Martyn Trigonella upendrae H.J.Chowdhery & R.R.Rao