Medicago polymorpha L.
(Toothed Medick)

Interactions where Medicago polymorpha is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
(live) live is parasitised by telium Minor Uromyces pisi-sativi Pea Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces pisi-sativi/Uromyces pisi-sativipea rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago polymorpha/Medicago polymorphatoothed medickliveMinor telium parasitises live
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora meliloti a coelomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae Stagonospora meliloti, Punithalingam, E., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora meliloti/Stagonospora melilotia coelomycetepycnidiumStagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago polymorpha/Medicago polymorphatoothed medickliveleaf pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by erumpent apothecium Leptotrochila medicaginis a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Leptotrochila medicaginis/Leptotrochila medicaginisa discomyceteerumpentapothecium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago polymorpha/Medicago polymorphatoothed medickliveleaf erumpent apothecium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by conidioma of Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph Leptotrochila medicaginis a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Leptotrochila medicaginis/Leptotrochila medicaginisa discomyceteconidiomaSporonema coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago polymorpha/Medicago polymorphatoothed medickliveleaf conidioma of Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Minor Uromyces pisi-sativi Pea Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces pisi-sativi/Uromyces pisi-sativipea rustmostly hypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago polymorpha/Medicago polymorphatoothed medickliveleafMinor mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Punithalingam, E., 1990Stagonospora melilotiI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1020.

Medicago polymorpha (Toothed Medick) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMedicago polymorpha (Toothed Medick)
GenusMedicago (medicks)
SubfamilyFABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
FamilyFABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
OrderFABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Medicago polymorpha (Toothed Medick)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Norton, J.A 2005 More Mediterranean ’Aliens’ in Gosport BSBI News No 100: 46-48, Plate 3.

Medicago polymorpha (Toothed Medick) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Medicago polymorpha (Toothed Medick):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 44 images of Medicago polymorpha (Toothed Medick)
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