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Medicago sect. Buceras
Advances Legume Syst. 3, 180. 1987.
Basionym: Trigonella sect. Buceras Seringe in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle Prodr. 2: 182. 1825
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 11.
Herbs annual. Legumes curved, mostly subterete, [conspicuously strangulate between seeds], prickleless, coil edges not paper-thin. Seeds finely tuberculate [rugose, smooth]; radicle usually more than 1/2 to equal seed length. Cotyledons pulvinate.
Distribution
Introduced; Europe, Asia, Africa, introduced also in South America, Australia.
Discussion
Species 19 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.