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arborea

Taxon

Medicago arborea L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 778. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 083.jpg

Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 083.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 081.jpg

Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 081.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 082.jpg

Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 082.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 080.jpg

Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 080.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 076.jpg

Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 076.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 075.jpg

Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 075.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 084.jpg

Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 084.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 079.jpg

Medicago arborea, 2004.0055--Spain. Barcelona Botanic Garden. 19 Apr 04. 079.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Baleares, East Aegean Is., Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye; introduced into Algeria, Canary Is., Chile Central, China North-Central, China Southeast, Cyprus, France, Great Britain, Morocco, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Palestine, Portugal, Queensland, Tasmania, Tunisia, Uruguay; extinct in Albania (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

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

Occurrences

Accession 2004.0055

April 19, 2004

Location

Spain, Catalonia (Barcelona Botanic Garden)

Location Remarks

c/ Dr. Font i Quer, 2, Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Medicago

Specific Epithet

arborea

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.9

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#266,626 of 335,497

Top 80%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →