Medicago is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as medick or burclover, in the legume family. It contains at least 87 species. The genus name is based on the Latin name for that plant, medica,
The tribe Trifolieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae. It is included within the inverted repeat-lacking clade. All of the members of this tribe are trifoliate.
Medicago
…Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Clade: Inverted repeat-lacking clade Tribe: Trifolieae Genus: Medicago L. (1753) Type species Medicago sativa Species 87–105; see text. Synonyms List Cochleata Medik. (1787) Crimaea Vassilcz. (1979) Diploprion…