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Details for: W6 5788,
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
falcata
(L.) Arcang., 153a
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
falcata
(L.) Arcang.
Top Name:
153a
Origin:
Collected – Sweden
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
11 Feb 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
falcata
(L.) Arcang.
Top Name:
153a
Origin:
Collected – Sweden
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
11 Feb 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
1950.
Sweden
Locality:
Gotland Island, Boda
Coordinates:
61.0000, 15.2500
(Map it)
Collector(s):
Lesins, K.A.
Donated
11 February 1990.
Alberta, Canada
Comment:
Designations by K.A. Lesins, Dept. of Plant Science, University of Alberta, Canada
Donor(s):
Seymour, P. N. D., University of Alberta
Accession Names and Identifiers
153a
Type: Collector identifier
Identifier assigned by K.A. Lesins and I. Lesins
W6 5788
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS
Narrative
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
Alternate 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
Name
References
Annotations
The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received:
24 Jun 1992, from
Medicago falcata
L. to
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
falcata
(L.) Arcang.
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Inactivated Accession:
All original seed used without a successful increase in 2000. 21 May 2010.
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