Medicago sativa ssp sativa L.
(Lucerne, Alfalfa)

Interactions where Medicago sativa ssp sativa 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').

Filters:

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
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa subsp. sativa/	Medicago sativa subsp. sativa	lucerne, alfalfa			leaf		Major			larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa subsp. sativa/	Medicago sativa subsp. sativa	lucerne, alfalfa			leaf		Major			adult grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Hypera melancholica	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera melancholica/	Hypera melancholica	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa subsp. sativa/	Medicago sativa subsp. sativa	lucerne, alfalfa			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Hypera postica	Clover Leaf Weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera postica/	Hypera postica	clover leaf weevil				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa subsp. sativa/	Medicago sativa subsp. sativa	lucerne, alfalfa			leaf					larva grazes on leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	Ladybirds	Naturalists’ Handbooks, 10, 103pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Medicago sativa ssp sativa (Lucerne, Alfalfa) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Medicago sativa
(Lucerne, Medick, Alfalfa)

Medicago
(medicks)

FABOIDEAE
(vetches, peas and beans)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Subspecies	Medicago sativa ssp sativa (Lucerne, Alfalfa)
Species	Medicago sativa (Lucerne, Medick, Alfalfa)
Genus	Medicago (medicks)
Subfamily	FABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
Family	FABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
Order	FABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Medicago sativa ssp sativa is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Faboideae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Medicago sativa ssp sativa (Lucerne, Alfalfa)

Medicago sativa ssp sativa (Lucerne, Alfalfa) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Medicago
(medicks)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Medicago sativa ssp sativa (Lucerne, Alfalfa):

Medicago
(medicks)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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