Details for: PI 234817, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, No. 16273


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Top Name:
No. 16273
Origin:
Collected – Switzerland
Received by NPGS:
04 Oct 1956
PI Assigned:
1956
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 234817 92i 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. sativa
Top Name:
No. 16273
Origin:
Collected – Switzerland
Received by NPGS:
04 Oct 1956
PI Assigned:
1956
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
01 August 1956.
Switzerland
Locality: Thusis, Graubunden, Switzerland.
Coordinates: 42.7000, 9.4500 (Map it)
Environment description: Block, peaty soil. (PI 164)
Number of plants sampled: 1

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
No. 16273
Type: Collector identifier

G 13758
Type: Site identifier
Group: GENEVA
Ids used by the North Eastern Plant Intro. Station; N. Y.
Northeast Regional PI Station

Narrative
Large, wild, rhizomatous clone, stems erect, strong, 1 m high, leaves large, flowers purple, turning greenish-yellow. (Plant Inventory Vol. No. 164). Variegated seeds of 1 clone [sampled]. Large leaves, rhizomatous. (Collector Notes).Accession used to develop the following experimental populations: W70-22, W71-42, W72-48 (Bingham, E. T. 1975. Registration of alfalfa germplasm from cultivated x wild hybrids. Crop Science 15 (6):889.) Also cited in: Bingham, E. T. and K. J. Yeh. 1971. Electr
Medicago sativa L. subspp. sativa
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:

300359
Verified:
06/10/1987 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. (453 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. var. sativa (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago agropyretorum Vassilcz.
Medicago asiatica Sinskaya
Medicago mesopotamica Vassilcz.
Medicago praesativa Sinskaya
Medicago rivularis Vassilcz.
Medicago sogdiana Vassilcz.
Medicago transoxana Vassilcz.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishalfalfa  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishlucerne  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishviolet-flower lucerne  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Frenchluzerne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanblaue Luzerne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanLuzerne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmajimurasaki-umagoyashi  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portugueseluzerna  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmielga  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishblålusern  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesezi mu xu  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 14 Feb 1994, from Medicago sativa L. to Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CYTOLOGICChromosome numberChromosome number (x = 8)16 ALFALFA.CHROMOSOME.ELBERSON.2011PI 234817 92i SD
DISEASESclerotinia resistancePercent resistant plants to Sclerotinia.10.3 ALFALFA.SCLEROT.93.RHODESPI 234817 92i SD
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.26 ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 234817 92i SD
PRODUCTIONSeed productivitySeed productivity. coded 1-9.9 - LOW ALFALFA.SEEDPROD.92.PEADENPI 234817 92i SD