Details for: PI 672736, Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang., CALIF GROWN

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang.

Top Name:

CALIF GROWN

Origin:

Donated – Maryland, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1961

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 672736 2010o SD

Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang.

Top Name:

CALIF GROWN

Origin:

Donated – Maryland, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1961

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Donated

1961.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

CALIF GROWN

Type: Unverified name

FC 30114

Type: Other or unclassified name

NSL 4170

Type: Site identifier

Group: NSSL

National Seed Storage Laboratory (USA)

USDA ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Narrative

South Dakota falcata. Very old seed probably 30 years old. No further information. (Information from original documentation and seed packets). This accession most likely originated from N.E. Hansen's introductions into South Dakota in the early 1900's. This particular seed lot was grown out and evaluated in California sometime in the 1930's, and donated to the USDA Field Crop Research Unit, Beltsville, MD in 1961 (S.L. Greene, Medicago Curator, 2009)

Medicago sativa L. subspp. falcata (L.) Arcang.

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Medicago

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

104918

Place of publication:

Comp. fl. ital. 160. 1882

Verified:

09/13/1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Medicago sativa L. (19 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. tunetana Murb. (7 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. (437 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh. (97 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. falcata (L.) Döll (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. viscosa (Rchb.) Posp. (15 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. glomerata (Balb.) Rouy (12 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa (3377 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. var. sativa (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Medicago falcata L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago falcata L. subsp. falcata
Medicago falcata L. var. falcata

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago borealis Grossh.
Medicago difalcata Sinskaya
Medicago falcata L. var. romanica (Prodán) O. Schwarz & Klink.
Medicago quasifalcata Sinskaya
Medicago romanica Prodán
Medicago tenderiensis Opperman ex Klokov

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	sickle alfalfa		1	Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
English	sickle medic		1	Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
English	sickle medick		1	Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English	yellow alfalfa		1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English	yellow lucerne		1	Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
English	yellow-flower alfalfa	as Medicago falcata	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
French	luzerne de Suède	as Medicago falcata	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
French	luzerne jaune	as Medicago falcata	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
German	Sichelklee	as Medicago falcata	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
German	Sichelluzerne	as Medicago falcata	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
Portuguese	luzerna-de-sequeiro	as Medicago falcata	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
Portuguese (Brazil)	alfafa-de-provença		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	alfafa-falciforme		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	alfalfa amarilla	as Medicago falcata	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
Spanish	alfalfa sueca	as Medicago falcata	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
Swedish	gul-lusern		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	ye mu xu	as Medicago falcata	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Medicago falcata

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 19 Nov 1986, from Medicago falcata L. to Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.17		ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 672736 2010o SD
OTHER	Image/picture1	A picture or image	flower		IMAGE.MEDICAGO.SATIVA	PI 672736 2010o SD