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Taxon:  Trifolium ambiguum M. Bieb.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Trifoliastrum
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40165
Place of publication:
Fl. taur.-caucas. 2:208. 1808
Verified:
03/26/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amoria ambigua (M. Bieb.) Soják

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amoria ruprechtii (Tamamsch. & Fed.) Roskov
Trifolium ruprechtii Tamamsch. & Fed.
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Reference(s)
  1. Abberton, M. T. et al. 1998. Morphological characteristics of hybrids between white clover, Trifolium repens L., and Caucasian clover, Trifolium ambiguum M. Bieb. Pl. Breed. (New York) 117:494-496.
  2. Abberton, M. T. 2007. Interspecific hybridization in the genus Trifolium. Pl. Breed. (New York) 126:337-342. Note: this review cited successful crosses and hybrid formation by embryo rescue of Trifolium repens × T. ambiguum
  3. 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).
  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. Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
  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 20.
  10. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  11. Meredith, M. R. et al. 1995. Trifolium ambiguum as a source of variation in the breeding of white clover. Euphytica 82:185-191. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
  12. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  13. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
  14. Taylor, N. L. 2008. A century of clover breeding developments in the United States. Crop Sci. (Madison) 48:1-13.
  15. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
  16. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  17. Williams, W. M. & S. N. Nichols. 2011. Chapter 13: Trifolium. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, legume crops and forages 249-272. Note: this perennial species is recognized as closely related to white clover
  18. Williams, W. M. et al. 2011. Eco-geographically divergent diploids, Caucasian clover (Trifolium ambiguum) and western clover (T. occidentale), retain most requirements for hybridization. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 108:1269-1277.
  19. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Amoria ambigua (M. Bieb.) Soják
  20. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium 215.
Common names
English
Caucasian clover –
honey clover –
Kura clover –
pellett clover –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1Native     
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationChecheno-Ingushetia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKabardino-Balkaria 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKarachay-Cherkessia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKrasnodar 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationNorth Ossetia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationStavropol 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationRostov 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
Native

  • REGION:
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Iraq, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar, Stavropol]
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Russian Federation [Rostov], Ukraine (incl. Krym)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium 215.
Bee plantshoney production 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=40165. Accessed 28 March 2023.


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