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Medicago sativa
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Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Medicago sativa
Nomenclatural information about Medicago sativa is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Medicago sativa information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Medicago sativa--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Medicago sativa information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Medicago sativa, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Medicago sativa
Nomenclatural information about Medicago sativa is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).


Impacts

Medicago sativa (Fabaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Medicago sativa as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).


Distribution

Medicago sativa information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Medicago sativa--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.


Books

Hawaii's butterflies & moths: an identification guide to easily observed species
Jamieson, Dean and Jim Denny. 2001. Hawaii's butterflies & moths: an identification guide to easily observed species. A Hawaii Biological Survey Handbook. Mutual Publishing.


Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Loope L. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii. An addendum to the 1999 Botanical Survey of Midway Atoll.

Botanical survey of Midway Atoll
Starr, F. and K. Martz. 1999. Botanical survey of Midway Atoll. In: 1995-1999 Baseline Surveys for Alien Species in Marine and Terrestrial Habitats on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.


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