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An ecogeographic / taxonomic conspectus and identification aids are presented for 29 temperate forage legume genera commonly found in the Mediterranean basin. The conspectus for each genus contains a summary of the current accepted classification, taxonomic history and affinities, suggestions of useful keys, ecological and distributional information and a summary of uses. The conspectus is complemented by novel descriptions, a bracketed key, a tabular key and a generic character set that can be used with an interactive identification system.
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Woodgate, K., Maxted, N., Bennett, S.J. (1999). A generic conspectus of the forage legumes of the Mediterranean basin. In: Bennett, S.J., Cocks, P.S. (eds) Genetic Resources of Mediterranean Pasture and Forage Legumes. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 33. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4776-7_17
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