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Details for: PI 385150,
Medicago polymorpha
L. var.
brevispina
(Benth.) Heyn, SS-139
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago polymorpha
L. var.
brevispina
(Benth.) Heyn
Top Name:
SS-139
Origin:
Collected – Tunisia
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
08 Nov 1973
PI Assigned:
1974
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
182
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
100 count
PI 385150 87i 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 polymorpha
L. var.
brevispina
(Benth.) Heyn
Top Name:
SS-139
Origin:
Collected – Tunisia
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
08 Nov 1973
PI Assigned:
1974
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
01 June 1973.
Tunisia
Locality:
On road to Malaga, 6km east of Algeciras, Tunisia.
Elevation:
10m.
Environment description:
Brown loamy sand, vacant land by road. (PI 182)
Comment:
Seed collected in June, 1973.
Collector(s):
Forbes, I., USDA-ARS
Gladstones, J.S., Department of Agriculture
Accession Names and Identifiers
SS-139
Type: Collector identifier
IF 0673
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Herbaceous annual, grazed short. (Plant Inventory Vol. No.182)
Medicago polymorpha
L. var.
brevispina
(Benth.) Heyn
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Leptospireae
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23647
Place of publication:
Scripta Hierosolymitana 12:77. 1963
Verified:
05/22/1987
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Medicago polymorpha
L.
(565 active accession[s])
Medicago polymorpha
L. var.
denticulata
(Willd.) Kerguélen
(33 active accession[s])
Medicago polymorpha
L. var.
polymorpha
(113 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medicago denticulata
Willd. var.
brevispina
Benth.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago apiculata
Willd.
Medicago apiculata
Willd. var.
confinis
W. D. J. Koch
Medicago hispida
Gaertn. f.
apiculata
(Willd.) Urb.
Medicago hispida
Gaertn. var.
confinis
(W. D. J. Koch) Burnat
Medicago hispida
Gaertn. var.
reticulata
(Benth.) Urb.
Medicago hispida
Gaertn. f.
sardoa
(Moris) Asch. & Graebn.
Medicago polymorpha
L. var.
polygyra
(Urb.) Shinners
Medicago tuberculata
(Retz.) Willd. var.
apiculata
(Willd.) Urb.
Medicago reticulata
Benth.
Medicago sardoa
Moris
Medicago polymorpha
L. f.
apiculata
(Willd.) Shinners
Medicago polymorpha
L. f.
tuberculata
(Godr.) Shinners
Medicago polycarpa
Willd. ex Steud. var.
tuberculata
Godr.
Medicago hispida
Gaertn. var.
polygyra
Urb.
Medicago hispida
Gaertn. var.
apiculata
(Willd.) Burnat
Medicago apiculata
Willd. var.
apiculata
Common names
Name
References
Annotations
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
17 Sep 1986, from
Medicago tornata
(L.) Mill. to
Medicago polymorpha
L. var.
brevispina
(Benth.) Heyn
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GROWTH
Winter vigor
Winter vigor
5 - (1 = HIGHEST, 9 = LOWEST)
MEDIC.WINTVIGOR.87.GRAVES
PI 385150 87i SD
GROWTH
Growth habit
Plant growth habit
9 - PROSTRATE
MEDIC.GROWTHHAB.92.BAUCHAN
PI 385150 87i SD
GROWTH
Plant Height
Plant height measured in centimeters (mean of 3 mature plants).
5.9
MEDIC.HEIGHT.92.BAUCHAN
PI 385150 87i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.53
MEDIC.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 385150 87i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Plant Maximal Spread
Plant maximal spread, width of the largest mature plant measured in centimeters.
70
MEDIC.SPREAD.92.BAUCHAN
PI 385150 87i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaflet Width
Leaflet width in millimeters taken on 1 branch on 3 plants between second and third internode at prebloom stage
14
MEDIC.LEAFLETWD.92.BAUCHAN
PI 385150 87i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaflet Length
Leaflet length in millimeters taken on 1 branch on 3 plants between second and third internode at prebloom stage
18
MEDIC.LEAFLETLT.92.BAUCHAN
PI 385150 87i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Internode Length
Measured in centimeters on third internode from base on longest branch of three plants
4
MEDIC.INTERNOLG.92.BAUCHAN
PI 385150 87i SD
PHENOLOGY
Days to flower
Days from seeding to first open flower
127
MEDIC.DAYSFLOWER.87.GRAVES
PI 385150 87i SD
PRODUCTION
Biomass Among Species
Plant biomass among species
3 - (1 = HIGHEST, 9 = POOR)
MEDIC.BIOMASS.92.BAUCHAN
PI 385150 87i SD
PRODUCTION
Biomass Among Species
Plant biomass among species
5 - (1 = HIGHEST, 9 = POOR)
MEDIC.BIOMASS.87.GRAVES
PI 385150 87i SD
PRODUCTION
Visual pod production
Visual pod production
5 - (1 = HIGHEST, 9 = POOREST)
MEDIC.PODPRODUCT.87.GRAVES
PI 385150 87i SD
PRODUCTION
Grams of seed produced
Grams of seed produced
250
MEDIC.GRAMSPROD.87.GRAVES
PI 385150 87i SD
PRODUCTION
Biomass Within Species
Biomass within species compared to other accessions of that species.
5 - (1 = Highest, 9 = Lowest)
MEDIC.BIOMSP.92.BAUCHAN
PI 385150 87i SD