Genus: Medicago
Nomenclature
Medicago Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 778. 1753.List of Medicago Species
Medicago lupulina
Medicago minima
Medicago monspeliaca
Medicago polymorpha
Medicago sativa
Medicago arabica
References to Medicago
- Havananda, T. et.al. 2010. Relationships among diploid members of the Medicago sativa (Fabaceae) species complex based on chloroplast and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Syst. Bot. 35: 140-150.
- Havananda, T. et.al. 2011. Complex patterns of autopolyploid evolution in alfalfa and allies (Medicago sativa; Leguminosae). Amer. J. Bot. 98: 1633-1646.
- Lovell, H. B. 1951. The mechanisms of pollination. II. Flowers with unusual pollinating mechanisms. Bees 5: 18-20, 23.
- Myers, J. A. et.al. 2004. Seed dispersal by white-tailed deer: implications for long-distance dispersal, invasion, and migration of plants in eastern North America. Oecologia 139: 35-44.
- Pavone, L. V.; Reader, R. J. 1985. Effect of microtopography on the survival and reproduction of Medicago lupulina. J. Ecol. 73: 685-694. (2)
- Pavone, L. V.; Reader, R. J. 1982. The dynamics of seed bank size and seed state of Medicago lupulina. J. Ecol. 70: 537-548.
- Small, E. 1989. Polythetic generic seperation in tribe Trifolieae subtribe Trigonellinae Leguninosae. Canad. J. Bot. 67: 1480-1492.
- Steele, K. P. et.al. 2010. Phylogeny and character evolution in Mrdicago (Leguminosae): evidence from analysis of plastid trnK/matK and nuclear GA3ox1 sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 97: 1142-1155.