Medicago

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q159549
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Medicago

Summary

Medicago is a taxon[1]. Medicago ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (535 views/month, #1,512 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Medicago's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Medicago is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Medicago is classified within Trifolieae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Medicago is Medicago[6].
  • Medicago's Commons category is recorded as Medicago[7].
  • Medicago comprises annual Medicago[8].
  • Medicago comprises perennial Medicago[9].
  • Medicago's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Medicago[10].
  • Medicago's topic's main category is recorded as Q9089896[11].
  • Medicago's Commons gallery is recorded as Medicago[12].
  • Medicago's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • Medicago's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[14].
  • Medicago's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[15].
  • Medicago's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 42(2)[16].
  • Medicago's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17].
  • Medicago's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7365[18].
  • Medicago is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'alfalfa'}[19].
  • Medicago is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'فصة'}[20].
  • Medicago is commonly known as {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Люцэрна'}[21].
  • Medicago is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Melgó'}[22].
  • Medicago is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'tolice'}[23].
  • Medicago is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Sneglebælg'}[24].
  • Medicago is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schneckenklee'}[25].
  • Medicago is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Medick'}[26].
  • Medicago is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Medikago'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Medicago is Medicago[6]. Medicago is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Medicago is classified within Trifolieae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'alfalfa'}[19], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'فصة'}[20], {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Люцэрна'}[21], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Melgó'}[22], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'tolice'}[23], and {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Sneglebælg'}[24].

Identifiers

Medicago's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3877[28]. Medicago's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 27787[29]. Medicago's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2965200[30]. Medicago's ITIS TSN is recorded as 183622[31].

Why It Matters

Medicago ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (535 views/month, #1,512 of 195,241).[2] Medicago has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Medicago is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank genus
    Different from Lucerna
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 2163056
    Described by source Otto's encyclopedia, Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao +2
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007534486405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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