{"id":4006,"date":"2019-12-15T13:28:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T09:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.eseed.rifr-ac.ir\/?p=4006"},"modified":"2021-08-07T07:29:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T02:59:13","slug":"medicago-syriaca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eseed.rifr-ac.ir\/en\/?p=4006","title":{"rendered":"Medicago syriaca"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medicago syriaca<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Masoumeh Izadpanah, Parvin Salehi Shanjani and Leila Falah Hoseini<\/p>\n

Natural Resources Gene Bank, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran.<\/p>\n

Uploaded at August 2021<\/p>\n

Scientific editor: Valiullah Mozaffarian<\/p>\n

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Seed Storage <\/strong><\/p>\n

The storage behavior of this species is orthodox (desiccation-tolerant seeds); dry to 15-20% eRH and store at -20 \u00b0C.<\/p>\n

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Germination<\/strong> requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n

The seeds of this species are not dormant. Sterilize seeds before placing them on wet germination paper. Place seeds for two weeks in 4 \u00baC to germinate uniformly. Then germinate under an alternating temperature regime of 15\/20 \u00baC (the higher temperature for 16 hours in light and the lower one for eight hours in dark).<\/p>\n

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Morphology<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fruit type: <\/strong>pod<\/p>\n

Fruit shape:<\/strong> Cylindric (barrel-shape), glabrous, yellow-brown to dark brown at maturity; number of 3-6 coils, not tightly appressed (gaps usually present between some coils at maturity), hardened at maturity; surface of the coils characterized by 8-12 strongly curved lateral vein (almost concentric towards periphery) with few branches and anastomoses, obscured at maturity; peripheral 10% of coil surface often veinless; coil edge blunt with spins (0.5-1.5 mm long) or tubercles, rarely spineless.<\/p>\n

Seed shape:<\/strong> Kidney\u2013shape but often flattened along edge adjacent to radicle; seed coat smooth, yellow to brown-yellow<\/p>\n

Fruit size:<\/strong> Diameter: 4.5-5 mm, thickness: 3-7 mm<\/p>\n

Seed size: <\/strong>Length: 2-3.5 mm<\/p>\n

1000 seed weight:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Biological features<\/strong><\/p>\n

Life form: <\/strong>Herbaceous, annual, procumbent to ascending<\/p>\n

Inflorescences and flower type and pollination mechanisms: <\/strong>Flowers in axillary pedunculate racemes, hermaphrodite, zygomorphic, and asymmetric; stamens are always ten in number, and their filaments are fused in a group of nine stamens plus one separate stamen (9+1). Plant monoecious, self-pollinate with 10% cross-pollination, which is carried out by insects.<\/p>\n

Time<\/strong> of<\/strong> flowering: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Time of seed ripening<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seed dispersal methods:<\/strong> The seeds are displaced by weight. Pods move by attaching to the wool and hair of animals.<\/p>\n

Geographical distribution: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Distribution in Iran<\/strong>: <\/strong>Hormozgan, Bushehr, and Fars.<\/p>\n

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Taxonomy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Family: <\/em><\/strong>Papilionaceae<\/p>\n

Genus: <\/em><\/strong>Medicago<\/em><\/p>\n

Species: <\/em><\/strong>syriaca<\/em><\/p>\n

Common name: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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References and Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ghahraman, A. Flore of Iran. Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands with University of Tehran Publication. https:\/\/floraofiran.net\/index.php.<\/p>\n

Lesins, K.A. and Lesins, I. 1979. Genus Medicago (Leguminosae): a taxogenetic study. The Hague, Boston, London: Dr W. Junk Publisher, 234 pp.<\/p>\n

Small, E. and Brookes, B. 1990. Circumscription of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae) by seed characters. Can. J. Bot. 68: 613-629.<\/p>\n

Small, E. and Jomphe, M. 1988. A synopsis of the genus Medicago (Leguminosae). Canadian Journal of Botany, 67: 3260-3294.<\/p>\n

Mehregan, I., Rahiminejad, M.R. and Azizian, D. 2002. A taxonomic revision of the genus Medicago L. (Papilionaceae) in Iran. Iranian Journal of Botany, 9: 207-221(In Persian).<\/p>\n

Mozaffarian, V. 2012. A Pictorial Dictionary of Botany. Farhange Moaser Publisher, 1088 pp.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rechinger, K.H. 1984. Flora Iranica 157. Akadmische Druch. U. Verlagsanstalt. Graz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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