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Taxon

Medicago minima (L.) Bartal.

Protologue Cat. Piante Siena 60 (-61). 1776IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Medicago minima--Italy. Abruzzo. Riserva Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 123.jpg

Medicago minima--Italy. Abruzzo. Riserva Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 123.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Medicago minima--Italy. Abruzzo. Riserva Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 124.jpg

Medicago minima--Italy. Abruzzo. Riserva Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 124.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 68 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into 50 botanical countries across Europe, Temperate Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 5, 2003

Location

Italy, Abruzzo (Torino di Sangro)

42.226111, 14.553611

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Torino di Sangro. Strada Communale Lentisco.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Medicago

Specific Epithet

minima

Authorship

(L.) Bartal.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#132,881 of 335,497

Top 40%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →