ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Medicago truncatula

Name author: Gaertn.

A species in the Fabaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.

View the source record

01 / PLACE IN THE PLANT WORLD

Botanical classification

Follow a genus or family to explore its other accepted species.

Plant group: Angiosperms · flowering plants
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Medicago
Species: Medicago truncatula
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1790

02 / CONNECT THE NAMES

Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Medicago truncatula. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

48 synonyms in this snapshot

Medica tribuloidesName author: (Desr.) Bubani
Medicago crassispinaName author: Vis.
Medicago glabellaName author: C.Presl
Medicago hornemannianaName author: Ser.
Medicago polymorpha var. tribuloidesName author: Desf.
Medicago pubescensName author: Hornem.
Medicago tentaculataName author: Willd.
Medicago tribuloidesName author: Desr.
Medicago tribuloides f. longepedunculataName author: Pau
Medicago tribuloides prol. tentaculataName author: (Willd.) Rouy
Medicago tribuloides subsp. truncatulaName author: (Gaertn.) Nyman
Medicago tribuloides var. breviaculeataName author: Moris
Medicago tribuloides var. cosyrensisName author: Sommier
Medicago tribuloides var. heteracanthaName author: Loret & Barrandon
Medicago tribuloides var. loneiaculeataName author: (Urb.) Ball
Medicago tribuloides var. muricataName author: Menezes
Medicago tribuloides var. narbonensisName author: Ser.
Medicago tribuloides var. rectiusculaName author: Rouy
Medicago tribuloides var. subinermisName author: Bég. & A.Vacc.
Medicago tribuloides var. tentaculataName author: (Willd.) P.Fourn.
Medicago tribuloides var. truncatulaName author: (Gaertn.) W.D.J.Koch
Medicago tribuloides var. uncinataName author: (Willd.) Rouy
Medicago truncataName author: Gaertn.
Medicago truncatula f. dextrorsaName author: Urb.
Medicago truncatula f. dextrorsaName author: Urb.
Medicago truncatula f. laxicyclaName author: E.Small
Medicago truncatula f. sinistrorsaName author: Urb.
Medicago truncatula f. sinistrorsaName author: Urb.
Medicago truncatula f. tricyclaName author: Nègre
Medicago truncatula f. uncinataName author: (Willd.) K.A.Lesins & I.Lesins
Medicago truncatula subsp. longiaculeataName author: (Urb.) Ponert
Medicago truncatula subsp. truncatulaName author: Not supplied
Medicago truncatula var. breviaculeataName author: (Moris) Urb.
Medicago truncatula var. cosyrensisName author: (Sommier) Fiori
Medicago truncatula var. heteracanthaName author: (Loret) Loret & Barrandon
Medicago truncatula var. laciniataName author: Batt.
Medicago truncatula var. laxicyclaName author: (E.Small) E.Small
Medicago truncatula var. longeaculeataName author: Urb.
Medicago truncatula var. longiaculeataName author: Urb.
Medicago truncatula var. narbonensisName author: Ser.
Medicago truncatula var. rectiusculaName author: Rouy
Medicago truncatula var. rugosissimaName author: Maire & Weiller
Medicago truncatula var. tentaculataName author: (Willd.) Burnat
Medicago truncatula var. tribuloidesName author: (Desr.) Burnat
Medicago truncatula var. tricyclaName author: (Nègre) Heyn
Medicago truncatula var. truncatulaName author: Not supplied
Medicago truncatula var. uncinataName author: (Willd.) Rouy
Medicago uncinataName author: Willd.

About this record

Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.

Read the directory’s scope