Medicago truncatula

species of legume
Taxon taxon Q136894
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Medicago truncatula

Summary

Medicago truncatula is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month, #1,607 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Medicago truncatula's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Medicago truncatula's instance of is recorded as Q127508380[4].
  • Medicago truncatula is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • Medicago truncatula's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Medicago truncatula is classified within Medicago[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Medicago truncatula is Medicago truncatula[8].
  • Medicago truncatula's Commons category is recorded as Medicago truncatula[9].
  • Medicago truncatula's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Medicago truncatula[10].
  • Medicago truncatula's Commons gallery is recorded as Medicago truncatula[11].
  • Medicago truncatula's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=23705[12].
  • Medicago truncatula's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. truncatula'}[13].
  • Medicago truncatula is commonly known as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'maglys pigog'}[14].
  • Medicago truncatula is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'barrelclover'}[15].
  • Medicago truncatula is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Barrel medic'}[16].
  • Medicago truncatula is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Luzerne tronquée'}[17].
  • Medicago truncatula is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'palikkamailanen'}[18].
  • Medicago truncatula is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蒺藜苜蓿'}[19].
  • Medicago truncatula is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'trnata meteljka'}[20].
  • Medicago truncatula's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[21].
  • Medicago truncatula's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Medicago_truncatula[22].
  • Medicago truncatula's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://plants.ensembl.org/Medicago_truncatula[23].

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Classification

Medicago truncatula's scientific name is Medicago truncatula[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It is classified within Medicago[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'maglys pigog'}[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'barrelclover'}[15], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Barrel medic'}[16], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Luzerne tronquée'}[17], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'palikkamailanen'}[18], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蒺藜苜蓿'}[19].

Identifiers

Medicago truncatula's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 77975[24]. Medicago truncatula's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3880[25]. Medicago truncatula's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 703659[26]. Medicago truncatula's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2965280[27]. Medicago truncatula's ITIS TSN is recorded as 506312[28].

Why It Matters

Medicago truncatula ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month, #1,607 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [27] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . DNA Zoo. wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . Ensembl Genomes. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of taxon, Q127508380
    Parent taxon Medicago
    Taxon rank species
    Iucn conservation status Least Concern
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