Details for: PI 577522, Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang., 1857

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang.

Top Name:

1857

Origin:

Collected – Russian Federation

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

11 Feb 1990

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

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 577522 91i 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. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang.

Top Name:

1857

Origin:

Collected – Russian Federation

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

11 Feb 1990

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

01 August 1961.
Russian Federation
Locality: Jugum Telassicum reservation Aksu-Zhabagly, Soviet Union.
Elevation: 1900m.

Collector(s):

Vesselczenko

Donated

11 February 1990.
Alberta, Canada

Donor(s):

Seymour, P. N. D., University of Alberta

Accession Names and Identifiers

1857

Type: Collector identifier

Identifier assigned by K.A. Lesins and I. Lesins

W6 5911

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative

Medicago sativa L. nothosubspp. varia (Martyn) Arcang.

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Medicago

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

104919

Place of publication:

Comp. fl. ital. 160. 1882

Comment:

used for both diploid and tetraploid hybrids arising from the cross

Verified:

06/04/1987 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. 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. 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 ×varia Martyn

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago sativa L. var. varia (Martyn) Urb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)


Medicago hemicycla Grossh.
Medicago tianschanica Vassilcz.
Medicago trautvetteri Sumnev.
Medicago sativa L. subsp. ambigua (Trautv.) Tutin
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. hemicycla (Grossh.) C. R. Gunn
Medicago sativa L. subsp. praefalcata (Sinskaya) C. R. Gunn
Medicago media Pers.
Medicago glutinosa M. Bieb. subsp. praefalcata Sinskaya
Medicago falcata L. var. ambigua Trautv.
Medicago schischkinii Sumnev.
Medicago vardanis Vassilcz.
Medicago komarovii Vassilcz.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	bastard medic		as Medicago ×varia	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago ×varia
English	sand lucerne		as Medicago ×varia	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago ×varia
English	variegated alfalfa			1	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
English	variegated lucerne		as Medicago ×varia	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago ×varia
Chinese	za jiao mu xu	杂交苜蓿	as Medicago ×varia	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Medicago ×varia
French	luzerne bigarrée			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago ×varia
French	luzerne intermédiaire			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago ×varia
German	Bastardluzerne			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago ×varia
German	Sandluzerne			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago ×varia
Portuguese (Brazil)	luzerna-bastarda			2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	alfalfa de las arenas			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago ×varia
Spanish	alfalfa híbrida			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago ×varia

Annotations

The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 10 Feb 1995, from Medicago tianschanica Vassilcz. to Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
CYTOLOGIC	Chromosome number	Chromosome number (x = 8)	32	ALFALFA.CHROMOSOME.ELBERSON.2011	PI 577522 91i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.21	ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 577522 91i SD
OTHER	Image/picture1	A picture or image	flower	IMAGE.MEDICAGO.SATIVA	PI 577522 90o SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Seed productivity	Seed productivity. coded 1-9.	8 - (1 = HIGH, 9 = LOW)	ALFALFA.SEEDPROD.91.PEADEN	PI 577522 91i SD