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Taxon

Medicago arabica (L.) Huds.

Protologue Fl. Angl. (Hudson) 288. 1762 [Jan.-Jul. 1762]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Medicago arabica cf--Italy. Abruzzo. Subiaco. St. Scholastica Monastery. 11 May 02. 056.jpg

Medicago arabica cf--Italy. Abruzzo. Subiaco. St. Scholastica Monastery. 11 May 02. 056.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 35 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, and Temperate Asia; introduced into 55 botanical countries across Europe, Temperate Asia, Australasia, 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 11, 2002

Location

Italy, Lazio, Rome (Subiaco)

41.916944, 13.118056

Location Remarks

St. Scolastica Monastery at Subiaco.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Medicago

Specific Epithet

arabica

Authorship

(L.) Huds.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.4

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

0.5

Global rank

#100,841 of 335,497

Top 31%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →