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Details for: PI 502425,
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
caerulea
(Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh., AR 119
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
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Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
caerulea
(Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.
Top Name:
AR 119
Origin:
Collected – Kalmykija, Respublika, Russian Federation
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Nov 1985
PI Assigned:
1986
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
194
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
Availability
Form
Quantity
Note
Inventory
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Seed
100 count
PI 502425 98i 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.
caerulea
(Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.
Top Name:
AR 119
Origin:
Collected – Kalmykija, Respublika, Russian Federation
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Nov 1985
PI Assigned:
1986
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
23 August 1982.
Kalmykija, Respublika, Russian Federation
Locality:
15km N of Elista, Kalmykia.
Coordinates:
46.4200, 44.2600
(Map it)
Environment description:
Steppe, annual precipitation 250 mm. (Collection notes, M.D. Rumbaugh)
Collector(s):
Asay, Kay H., USDA, ARS
Rumbaugh, Melvin D., USDA-ARS
Donated
November 1985.
Utah, United States
Donor(s):
Rumbaugh, Melvin D., USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
AR 119
Type: Collector identifier
MR 0882
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links
Narrative
Plant diminutive.Leaves small. Flowers blue. Pods coiled. Looks like M. caerulea but botanist said M. sativa. Used for hay (Collection notes, M.D. Rumbaugh).
Medicago sativa
L. subspp.
caerulea
(Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
104921
Place of publication:
Fl. sred. juz. ross. 1:226. 1895
Verified:
05/22/1987
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.
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. 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 caerulea
Less. ex Ledeb.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago caerulea
Less. ex Ledeb. var.
caerulea
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago hemicoerulea
Sinskaya
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
microcarpa
Urb.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
blue alfalfa
1
Small, E.
2011. Alfalfa and relatives: evolution and classification of
Medicago
NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Canada.
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
14 Feb 1994, from
Medicago sativa
L. to
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
08 Jan 2010, from
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
sativa
to
Medicago sativa
L. subsp.
caerulea
(Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.
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Citations
Brummer, E. C., P. M. Cazarro, & D. Luth.
1999. Ploidy determination of alfalfa germplasm accessions using flow cytometry. Crop Sci. (Madison) 39:1202-1207.
Number of accessions cited:
288
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
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 502425 93i SD
Not Available
CYTOLOGIC
Chromosome number
Chromosome number (x = 8)
16
ALFALFA.CHROMOSOME.SAKIROGLU.2008
PI 502425 98i SD
CYTOLOGIC
Chromosome number
Chromosome number (x = 8)
32/16
ALFALFA.CHROMOSOME.ELBERSON.2011
PI 502425 98i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.1
ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 502425 98i SD
OTHER
Image/picture1
A picture or image
flower
IMAGE.MEDICAGO.SATIVA
PI 502425 88i SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
Seed productivity
Seed productivity. coded 1-9.
9 - LOW
ALFALFA.SEEDPROD.88.PEADEN
PI 502425 88i SD
Not Available