Details for: PI 495447, Medicago rigidula (L.) All., 492


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago rigidula (L.) All.
Top Name:
492
Origin:
Collected – Canada
Received by NPGS:
01 Jan 1985
PI Assigned:
1985
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed100 countPI 495447 89i 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 rigidula (L.) All.
Top Name:
492
Origin:
Collected – Canada
Received by NPGS:
01 Jan 1985
PI Assigned:
1985
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected

Canada
Comment: Collector obtained material from Botanical Garden.
Collector(s):
Donated
01 January 1985.
Alberta, Canada
Comment: Received from G.R. Bauchan, Field Crops Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, USA.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
492
Type: Collector identifier
Identifier assigned by K.A. Lesins and I. Lesins

Narrative
Medicago rigidula (L.) All.
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Pachyspireae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:

23668
Place of publication:

Fl. pedem. 1:316. 1785
Comment:
non Medicago rigidula auct. Asian (= M. rigiduloides E. Small)
Verified:
06/10/1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medicago polymorpha L. var. rigidula L.

Autonym(s)
Medicago rigidula (L.) All. var. rigidula

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago agrestis Ten.
Medicago cinerascens Jord.
Medicago gerardi Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.
Medicago morisiana Jord.
Medicago muricata (L.) All.
Medicago polymorpha L. var. muricata L.
Medicago rigidula (L.) All. var. agrestis (Ten.) Burnat
Medicago rigidula (L.) All. var. cinerascens (Jord.) Rouy
Medicago rigidula (L.) All. var. morisiana (Jord.) Rouy
Medicago rigidula (L.) All. var. submitis Boiss.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishTifton bur-clover  1Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
EnglishTifton medic  1Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
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Citations
  • Small, E., B. Brooke, & E. J. Crawford. 1990. Intercontinental differentiation in Medicago rigidula. Canad. J. Bot. 68:2607-2613. Note: Shows a drawing of the 1-5 codes used for spine curvature. Number of accessions cited: 311
  • Small, E., B. Brooke, & E. J. Crawford. 1990. Intercontinental differentiation in Medicago rigidula. Canad. J. Bot. 68:2607-2613. Note: Shows a picture of pollen shapes. Number of accessions cited: 311
  • Small, E. 1990. Medicago rigiduloides, a new species segregated from M. rigidula. Canad. J. Bot. 68:2614-2617. Note: Shows a good drawing of a Medicago rigiduloides pod. Number of accessions cited: 305
Pedigree

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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.4 MEDIC.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 495447 89i SD
MORPHOLOGYPollen ShapeTaxonomy based on pollen shapeCYL - Cylindrical-columnar shaped pollen - Medicago rigidula type MEDIC.TAXONOMY.98.GROOSEPI 495447 89i SD
MORPHOLOGYSpine CurvatureSpine curvature according to Small et al., 19903 - Curved3MEDIC.SPINECURVE.98.GROOSEPI 495447 89i SD
MORPHOLOGYFruit coil numberNumber of fruit coils per plant5.905MEDIC.COILS.98.GROOSEPI 495447 89i SD