Editing Medicago (section)

==Species==
This list is compiled from:<ref name = "S&J" /><ref name="ILDIS1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb|access-date=2008-11-18|title=ILDIS LegumeWeb|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991007023041/http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/|archive-date=1999-10-07}}</ref><ref name="ILDIS2">{{cite web|url=http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/names/npall/npall_445.shtml |access-date=2008-11-18 |title=Genera Containing Currently Accepted Names: Medicago |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930231937/http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/names/npall/npall_445.shtml |archive-date=September 30, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="USDA GRIN">{{cite web|url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genform.pl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990501235849/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genform.pl |url-status=dead |archive-date=1999-05-01 |access-date=2008-11-18 |title=Species Nomenclature in GRIN }}</ref><ref name="IPNI">{{cite web|url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_family=&find_genus=Medicago&find_species=&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_publicationTitle=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch|access-date=2008-11-22|title=IPNI Plant Name Query Results}}</ref><ref name="AgroAtlas">{{cite web|url=http://www.agroatlas.spb.ru/en/content/related/#M|access-date=2008-11-22|title=AgroAtlas - Relatives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225182412/http://www.agroatlas.spb.ru/en/content/related/#M|archive-date=2008-12-25|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{ITIS|taxon=Medicago|id=183622 |access-date=2009-09-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Medicago|access-date=2010-05-11|title=Discover Life|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612032141/http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Medicago|archive-date=2011-06-12|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=1&name_str=Medicago&btnSearch=Search&chkAllFloras=on|title=eFlora Search Page|website=www.efloras.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bonap.org/dist%20maps%202009/Medicago.html|title=The Biota of North America Program}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Medicago |title=The Plant List |access-date=2011-06-27 |archive-date=2019-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326042049/http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Medicago |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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===Section Buceras===

====Subsection Deflexae====
* ''[[Medicago retrorsa]]'' <small>(Boiss.) E. Small</small>

====Subsection Erectae====
* ''[[Medicago arenicola]]'' <small>(Huber-Mor.) E. Small</small>
* ''[[Medicago astroites]]'' <small>(Fisch. & Mey.) Trautv.</small>
* ''[[Medicago carica]]'' <small>(Huber-Mor.) E. Small</small>
* ''[[Medicago crassipes]]'' <small>(Boiss.) E. Small</small>
* ''[[Medicago fischeriana]]'' <small>(Ser.) Trautv.</small>
* ''[[Medicago halophila]]'' <small>(Boiss.) E. Small</small>
* ''[[Medicago heldreichii]]'' <small>(Boiss.) E. Small</small>
* ''[[Medicago medicaginoides]]'' <small>(Retz.) E. Small</small>
* ''[[Medicago monantha]]'' <small>(C. A. Meyer) Trautv.</small>
* ''[[Medicago orthoceras]]'' <small>(Kar. & Kir.) Trautv.</small>
* ''[[Medicago pamphylica]]'' <small>(Huber-Mor. & Sirjaev) E. Small</small>
* ''[[Medicago persica]]'' <small>(Boiss.) E. Small</small>
* ''[[Medicago phrygia]]'' <small>(Boiss. & Bal.) E. Small</small>
* ''[[Medicago polyceratia]]'' <small>(L.) Trautv.</small>
* ''[[Medicago rigida]]'' <small>(Boiss. & Bal.) E. Small</small>

====Subsection Isthmocarpae====
* ''[[Medicago rhytidiocarpa]]'' <small>(Boiss. & Bal.) E. Small</small>
* ''[[Medicago isthmocarpa]]'' <small>(Boiss. & Bal.) E. Small</small>

====Subsection Reflexae====
* ''[[Medicago monspeliaca]]'' <small>(L.) Trautv.</small>

===Section Carstiensae===
* ''[[Medicago carstiensis]]'' <small>Wulf.</small>

===Section Dendrotelis===
* ''[[Medicago arborea]]'' <small>L.</small>
* ''[[Medicago citrina]]'' <small>(Font Quer) Greuter</small>{{#tag:ref | Some sources treat ''Medicago citrina'' as a synonym of ''Medicago arborea''. | group = Note | name = citrina }}
* ''[[Medicago strasseri]]'' <small>Greuter, Matthas & Risse</small>

===Section Geocarpa===
* ''[[Medicago hypogaea]]'' <small>E. Small</small>

===Section Heynianae===
* ''[[Medicago heyniana]]'' <small>Greuter</small>

===Section Hymenocarpos===
* ''[[Medicago radiata]]'' <small>L.</small>

===Section Lunatae===
* ''[[Medicago biflora]]'' <small>(Griseb.) E. Small</small>
* ''[[Medicago brachycarpa]]'' <small>M. Bieb.</small>
* ''[[Medicago huberi]]'' <small>E. Small</small>
* ''[[Medicago rostrata]]'' <small>(Boiss. & Bal.) E. Small</small>

===Section Lupularia===
* ''[[Medicago lupulina]]'' <small>L.</small>
* ''[[Medicago secundiflora]]'' <small>Durieu</small>

===Section Medicago{{anchor|SectioMedicago}}===
* ''[[Medicago cancellata]]'' <small>M. Bieb.</small>
* ''[[Medicago daghestanica]]'' <small>Rupr.</small>
* ''[[Medicago hybrida]]'' <small>(Pourr.) Trautv.</small>
* ''[[Medicago marina]]'' <small>L.</small>
* ''[[Medicago papillosa]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
** ''M. p. macrocarpa''
** ''M. p. papillosa''
* ''[[Medicago pironae]]'' <small>Vis.</small>
* ''[[Medicago prostrata]]'' <small>Jacq.</small>
** ''M. p. prostrata''
** ''M. p. pseudorupestris''
* ''[[Medicago rhodopea]]'' <small>Velen.</small>
* ''[[Medicago rupestris]]'' <small>M. Bieb</small>
* ''[[Medicago sativa]]'' <small>L.</small> (alfalfa)
** ''M. s. caerulea''
** ''M. s. falcata ''(''[[Medicago falcata]]'')
*** ''M. s. f.'' var. ''falcata''
*** ''M. s. f. ''var. ''viscosa''
** ''M. s. glomerata''
** ''M. s. sativa''
<!-- abbrev.? ** nothosp. ×''varia'' -->* ''[[Medicago saxatilis]]'' <small>M. Bieb</small>
* ''[[Medicago suffruticosa]]'' <small>Ramond ex DC.</small>
**''M. s. leiocarpa''
**''M. s. suffruticosa''

===Section Orbiculares===
* ''[[Medicago orbicularis]]'' <small>(L.) Bart.</small>

===Section Platycarpae===
* ''[[Medicago archiducis-nicolai]]'' <small>Sirjaev</small>
* ''[[Medicago cretacea]]'' <small>M. Bieb.</small>
* ''[[Medicago edgeworthii]]'' <small>Sirjaev</small>
* ''[[Medicago ovalis]]'' <small>(Boiss.) Sirjaev</small>
* ''[[Medicago playtcarpa]]'' <small>(L.) Trautv.</small>
* ''[[Medicago plicata]]'' <small>(Boiss.) Sirjaev</small>
* ''[[Medicago popovii]]'' <small>(E. Kor.) Sirjaev</small>
* ''[[Medicago ruthenica]]'' <small>(L.) Ledebour</small>

====Subsection Rotatae====
* ''[[Medicago blancheana]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
* ''[[Medicago noeana]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
* ''[[Medicago rugosa]]'' <small>Desr.</small>
* ''[[Medicago rotata]]'' <small>Boiss.</small>
* ''[[Medicago scutellata]]'' <small>(L.) Miller</small>
* ''[[Medicago shepardii]]'' <small>Post</small>

===Section Spirocarpos===

====Subsection Intertextae====
* ''[[Medicago ciliaris]]'' <small>(L.) Krocker</small>
* ''[[Medicago granadensis]]'' <small>Willd.</small>
* ''[[Medicago intertexta]]'' <small>(L.) Miller</small>
* ''[[Medicago muricoleptis]]'' <small>Tin.</small>

====Subsection Leptospireae====
* ''[[Medicago arabica]]'' <small>(L.) Huds.</small>
* ''[[Medicago coronata]]'' <small>(L.) Bart.</small>
* ''[[Medicago disciformis]]'' <small>DC.</small>
* ''[[Medicago laciniata]]'' <small>(L.) Miller</small>
* ''[[Medicago lanigera]]'' <small>Winkl. & Fedtsch.</small>
* ''[[Medicago laxispira]]'' <small>Heyn</small>
* ''[[Medicago minima]]'' <small>(L.) Bart.</small>
* ''[[Medicago polymorpha]]'' <small>L.</small>
* ''[[Medicago praecox]]'' <small>DC.</small>
* ''[[Medicago sauvagei]]'' <small>Nègre</small>
* ''[[Medicago tenoreana]]'' <small>Ser.</small>

====Subsection Pachyspireae====
* ''[[Medicago constricta]]'' <small>Durieu</small>
* ''[[Medicago doliata]]'' <small>Carmign.</small>
* ''[[Medicago italica]]'' <small>(Miller) Fiori</small>
* ''[[Medicago lesinsii]]'' <small>E. Small</small>
* ''[[Medicago littoralis]]'' <small>Rohde ex Lois.</small>
* ''[[Medicago murex]]'' <small>Willd.</small>
* ''[[Medicago rigidula]]'' <small>(L.) All.</small>
* ''[[Medicago rigiduloides]]'' <small>E. Small</small>
* ''Medicago sinskiae'' <small>Uljanova</small>{{#tag:ref | The validity of ''Medicago sinskiae'' has been questioned by Small and Jomphe, 1988.<ref name = "S&J" /> | group = Note | name = sinskiae }}
* ''[[Medicago soleirolii]]'' <small>Duby</small>
* ''[[Medicago sphaerocarpos]]'' <small>Bertol.</small><ref name="Gillespie">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gillespie DJ, McComb JA | title = Morphology and distribution of species in the ''Medicago murex'' complex | journal = [[Canadian Journal of Botany|Can J Bot]] | volume = 69 | issue = 12 | pages = 2655–2662 | year = 1991 | doi = 10.1139/b91-333 | bibcode = 1991CaJB...69.2655G }}</ref>
* ''[[Medicago syriaca]]'' <small>E. Small</small>
* ''[[Medicago truncatula]]'' <small>Gaertn.</small>
* ''[[Medicago turbinata]]'' <small>(L.) All.</small>

===Species names with uncertain taxonomic status===
The status of the following species is unresolved:<ref name = "S&J" />
<!-- Medicago aculeata was reclassified as Medicago doliata. -->
* ''Medicago agropyretorum'' <small>Vassilcz.</small>
* ''Medicago alatavica'' <small>Vassilcz.</small>
<!-- Medicago aurantiaca was reclassified as Medicago italica. -->
<!-- Medicago bonarotiana has been reclassified as Medicago blancheana. -->
* ''Medicago caucasica'' <small>Vassilcz.</small>
* ''Medicago cyrenaea'' <small>Maire & Weiller</small>
* ''Medicago difalcata'' <small>Sinskaya</small>
<!-- Medicago dzhawakhetica was reclassified as Medicago papillosa. -->
<!-- Medicago glomerata was reclassified as a subspecies of Medicago sativa. -->
<!-- Medicago glutinosa was reclassified as Medicago sativa ssp. falcata. -->
<!-- Medicago gordeievii was reclassified as Trifolium gordeievii. -->
* ''Medicago grossheimii'' <small>Vassilcz.</small>
* ''Medicago gunibica'' <small>Vassilcz.</small>
* ''Medicago hemicoerulea'' <small>Sinskaya</small>
<!-- Medicago heterocarpa was reclassified as Medicago murex. -->
<!-- Medicago hispida was reclassified as Medicago polymorpha. -->
* ''Medicago karatschaica'' <small>(A. Heller) A. Heller</small>
* ''Medicago komarovii'' <small>Vassilcz.</small>
<!-- Medicago makranika was reclassified as Indigofera makranika and Indigofera nephrocarpa. -->
* ''Medicago meyeri'' <small>Gruner</small>
<!-- Medicago nigra was reclassified as Medicago polymorpha. -->
* ''Medicago polychroa'' <small>Grossh.</small>
<!-- Medicago pubescens was reclassified as Medicago edeworthii. -->
* ''Medicago schischkinii'' <small>Sumnev.</small>
* ''Medicago talyschensis'' <small>Latsch.</small>
<!-- Medicago tuberculata was reclassified as Medicago turbinata. -->
* ''Medicago transoxana'' <small>Vassilcz.</small>
<!-- Medicago tornata was reclassified as Medicago italica. -->
* ''Medicago tunetana'' <small>(Murb.) A.W. Hill</small>
* ''Medicago vardanis' <small>Vassilcz.</small>
* ''Medicago virescens'' <small>Grossh.</small>
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Recent [[molecular phylogeny|molecular phylogenic analyses]] of ''Medicago'' indicate that the sections and subsections defined by Small & Jomphe, as outlined above, are generally [[polyphyly|polyphyletic]].<ref name = "Steele" /><ref name = "Maureira-Butler" /><ref name = "Béna1" /><ref name = "Béna2">{{cite journal |vauthors=Béna G, Lejeune B, Prosperi JM, Olivieri I | title = Molecular phylogenetic approach for studying life-history evolution: the ambiguous example of the genus ''Medicago'' L. | journal = [[Proceedings of the Royal Society B|Proc Biol Sci]] | volume = 265 | issue = 1401 | pages = 1141–1151 | year = 1998 | pmid = 9684377 | pmc = 1689169 | doi = 10.1098/rspb.1998.0410 }}</ref><ref name = "Downie">{{cite journal |vauthors=Downie SR, Katz-Downie DS, Rogers EJ, Zujewski HL, Small E | title = Multiple independent losses of the plastid ''rpoC1'' intron in ''Medicago'' (Fabaceae) as inferred from phylogenetic analyses of nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences | journal = [[Canadian Journal of Botany|Can J Bot]] | volume = 76 | issue = 5 | pages = 791–803 | year = 1998 | doi = 10.1139/b98-047 | bibcode = 1998CaJB...76..791D }}</ref><ref name = "Béna3">{{cite journal |vauthors=Béna G, Prosperi JM, Lejeune B, Olivieri I | title = Evolution of annual species of the genus ''Medicago'': a molecular phylogenetic approach | journal = [[Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|Mol Phylogenet Evol]] | volume = 9 | issue = 3 | pages = 552–559 | year = 1998 | doi = 10.1006/mpev.1998.0493 | pmid = 9668004 | bibcode = 1998MolPE...9..552B }}</ref><ref name = "Béna4">{{cite journal | author = Béna G. | title = Molecular phylogeny supports the morphologically based taxonomic transfer of the "medicagoid" ''Trigonella'' species to the genus ''Medicago'' L. | journal = [[Plant Systematics and Evolution|Plant Syst Evol]] | volume = 229 | issue = 3–4 | pages = 217–236 | year = 2001 | doi = 10.1007/s006060170012 | bibcode = 2001PSyEv.229..217B | s2cid = 42887106 }}</ref><ref name = "Yoder">{{cite journal |vauthors=Yoder JB, Briskine R, Mudge J, Farmer A, Paape T, Steele K, Weiblen GD, Bharti AK, Zhou P, May GD, Young ND, Tiffin P | title = Phylogenetic signal variation in the genomes of Medicago (Fabaceae) | journal = [[Systematic Biology|Syst Biol]] | volume = 62 | issue = 3 | pages = 424–38 | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1093/sysbio/syt009 | pmid = 23417680 | doi-access = free }}</ref> However, with minor revisions sections and subsections could be rendered [[monophyly|monophyletic]].<ref name = "Maureira-Butler" /><ref name = "Béna2" /><ref name = "Downie" /><ref name = "Béna3" /><ref name = "Béna4" /><ref name = "Yoder" />