Medicago sativa

Taxonomy ID: 3879 (for references in articles please use NCBI:txid3879)

current name

Medicago sativa  L., 1753

Genbank common name: alfalfa
NCBI BLAST name: eudicots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:

common name(s)

lucerne

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; fabids; Fabales; Fabaceae; Papilionoideae; 50 kb inversion clade; NPAAA clade; Hologalegina; IRL clade; Trifolieae; Medicago

Comments and References:

image:Medicago sativa Image by from Wikimedia Commons under a Public Domain license. * Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.

LegumeWeb Name verified on date of entry into database in: International Legume Database & Information Service World Database of Legumes, vers. 6.05.

GRIN (Apr 24, 2014) Name accessed on 24 April 2014 in: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.

Euro+Med Plantbase Name verified on date of entry into database in: The Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. W. Greuter (Ed.) Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem.

African Plant Database (Apr 24, 2014) Name accessed on 24 April 2014 in: African Flowering Plants Database (version 3.1). Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Villle de Geneve and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, retrieved from http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa

LegumeWeb (Apr 28, 2014) Name accessed on 28 April 2014 in: International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS), World Database of Legumes, version 10.0