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Taxon:  Medicago sativa L. (341)



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
341
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:778. 1753
Comment:
dicot
Verified:
02/20/2014 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Medicago sativa L. subsp. ambigua (Trautv.) Tutin (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh. (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. faurei Maire (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. glomerata (Balb.) Rouy (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. microcarpa Urb. (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. praefalcata (Sinskaya) C. R. Gunn (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa L. (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. viscosa (Rchb.) C. R. Gunn (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. var. falcata (L.) Doll (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. var. pilifera Urb. (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. var. varia (Martyn) Urb. (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. var. viscosa (Rchb.) Posp. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
Distribution
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://bpgv.iniav.pt/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=341. Accessed 3 maio 2025.


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The “Banco Português de Germoplasma Vegetal” (BPGV) conserves living seed and plant samples of mainly Portuguese crops and their wild relatives.

BPGV ensures that the genetic resources that support our food supply are both secure in the medium and long term for future generations and available for use by farmers, plant breeders, and researchers.

These collections are important to ensure that crop plants, which may contain genes to resist disease, provide enhanced nutrition, or survive in changing or harsh environments do not become endangered or extinct over time.

The BPGV located in Braga, Portugal maintains clonal and seed collections of the most important crops, such as cereals, grain legumes, vegetables, medicinal and aromatic plants, forage, pasture and fruit species.

The BPGV is maintained as a global public good under the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA).

BPGV is the custodian of one of the largest germplasm collections, with more than 10,000 accessions maintained as seeds and living plants, and recently started a cryopreservation programme.