Taxon:  Trifolium medium L.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Trifolium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
310362
Place of publication:
Amoen. acad. 4:105.  1759
Verified:
03/23/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
44 (42  active, 10  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Trifolium medium L. var. medium (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium medium L. var. sarosiense (Hazsl.) Savul. & Rayss (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Trifolium flexuosum Jacq.
Trifolium flexuosum Jacq. subsp. flexuosum

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Reference(s)
  1. Abberton, M. T. 2007. Interspecific hybridization in the genus Trifolium. Pl. Breed. (New York) 126:337-342. Note: this review cited successful crosses with Trifolium pratense using embryo-rescue techniques
  2. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
  3. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  4. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  5. Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
  6. Ellison, N. W. et al. 2006. Molecular phylogenetics of the clover genus (Trifolium - Leguminosae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 39:688-705.
  7. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  9. Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). 2001. The world of clovers 230.
  10. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  11. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  12. Lamont, E.-J. et al. 2001. Chapter 4. Clovers (Trifolium L.). Plant genetic resources of legumes in the Mediterranean Springer, Berlin, Germany. 79-98.
  13. Merker, A. 1984. Hybrids between Trifolium medium and Trifolium pratense. Hereditas (Beijing) 101:267-268.
  14. Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
  15. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  16. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
  17. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  18. Smythies, B. E. 1984-1986. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882.
  19. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium 370.
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English mammoth clover 1 Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English zigzag clover 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
German Mittelklee 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Zickzackklee 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese trevo-roxo 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish trébol intermedio 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish skogsklöver 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transliterated Russian klever srednyj 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1Native  Romania  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran n.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeYugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Native

  • REGION:
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran (n.), Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, Netherlands, Poland
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfoddergrazing, hayDuke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Animal foodforagegrazing, hayDuke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Environmentalerosion control Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2023. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=310362. Accessed 5 December 2023.