Details for: PI 601643, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'ALLEGIANCE'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Cultivar:

'ALLEGIANCE'

Origin:

Developed – Illinois, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1989

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 601643 2017i 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

Cultivar:

'ALLEGIANCE'

Origin:

Developed – Illinois, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

PRE 1989.
Illinois, United States

Developer(s):

United AgriSeeds, Inc.

Donated

1989.
Illinois, United States

Donor(s):

United AgriSeeds, Inc.

Accession Names and Identifiers

'ALLEGIANCE'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

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

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	alfalfa	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	lucerne	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	violet-flower lucerne	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
French	luzerne	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	blaue Luzerne	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Luzerne	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmaji	murasaki-umagoyashi	2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese	luzerna	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	mielga	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	blålusern	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	zi mu xu	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 07 Jul 1998, from Medicago sativa L. to Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.28		ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 601643 2007o SD	Not Available