Details for: PI 577535, Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh., 2023

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.

Top Name:

2023

Origin:

Collected – Sakarya, Turkey

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 577535 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. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.

Top Name:

2023

Origin:

Collected – Sakarya, Turkey

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

Sakarya, Turkey
Locality: Sakarya River Valley, Sakarya, Turkey.
Coordinates: 39.5167, 32.0833 (Map it)
Environment description: River valley.

Collector(s):

Cornelius

Donated

11 February 1990.
Alberta, Canada

Donor(s):

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

Accession Names and Identifiers

2023

Type: Collector identifier

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

W6 4924

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative

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.

Annotations

The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 10 Feb 1995, from Medicago hemicoerulea Sinskaya to Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
CYTOLOGIC	Chromosome number	Chromosome number (x = 8)	32	ALFALFA.CHROMOSOME.ELBERSON.2011	PI 577535 91i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.17	ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 577535 91i SD
OTHER	Image/picture1	A picture or image	flower	IMAGE.MEDICAGO.SATIVA	PI 577535 90o SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Seed productivity	Seed productivity. coded 1-9.	8 - (1 = HIGH, 9 = LOW)	ALFALFA.SEEDPROD.91.PEADEN	PI 577535 91i SD