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Medicago italica (MILL.) FIORI ? | ![]() |
Fam.: Fabaceae / Legumes
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Synon.: Medicago tornata (L.) MILL., Medicago obscura RETZ. |
Genus: Medicago L. |
Authors: | |||
Philip Miller (1691 - 1771), English gardener | |||
Adriano Fiori (1865 - 1950), Italian botanist | |||
Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals | |||
Anders Jahan Retzius (1742 - 1821), Swedish chemist and botanist | |||
Etymology: | |||
Medicago: | from Media, the country of the former Medes in today Iran, where Lucerne Medicago sativa comes from | ||
italica: | from Italy | ||
tornata: | contorted | ||
obscura: | obscure | ||
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