Details for: PI 631557, Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang., 1818

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

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

Top Name:

1818

Origin:

Collected – Switzerland

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

11 Feb 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

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 631557 95i 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:

1818

Origin:

Collected – Switzerland

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

11 Feb 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

Switzerland

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

1818

Type: Collector identifier

Identifier assigned by K.A. Lesins and I. Lesins

W6 5827

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	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

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.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
CYTOLOGIC	Chromosome number	Chromosome number (x = 8)	16	5	ALFALFA.CHROMNUM.97.BRUMMER	PI 631557 95i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.27		ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 631557 95i SD