Details for: PI 631677, Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang., 96N-289


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang.
Top Name:
96N-289
Origin:
Collected – Mongolia
Received by NPGS:
Dec 1996
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 631677 98i SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang.
Top Name:
96N-289
Origin:
Collected – Mongolia
Received by NPGS:
Dec 1996
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
31 August 1996.
Mongolia
Locality: Uvs Aimag, 16 km south of Ulaangom and 13 km northeast of Harhiraa.
Coordinates: 49.8256, 92.0633 (Map it)
Elevation: 1141m.
Environment description: Abandoned alfalfa field with an east-northeast aspect and 1-2% slope that was abandoned three years ago. Soils are sandy with coarse aggregate. Ecological zone: steppe.
Comment: Dominant vegetation: Medicago falcata, Bromus inermis, Artemisia frigida, Cleistogenes squarrosa, Stipa capillata.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
96N-289
Type: Collector identifier

W6 18933
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

DAJ0896
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links

Narrative
Medicago sativa L. subspp. falcata (L.) Arcang.
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Medicago
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:

104918
Place of publication:

Comp. fl. ital. 160. 1882
Verified:
09/13/1988 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. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh. (97 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 falcata L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago falcata L. subsp. falcata
Medicago falcata L. var. falcata

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago borealis Grossh.
Medicago difalcata Sinskaya
Medicago falcata L. var. romanica (Prodán) O. Schwarz & Klink.
Medicago quasifalcata Sinskaya
Medicago romanica Prodán
Medicago tenderiensis Opperman ex Klokov

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishsickle alfalfa  1Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
Englishsickle medic  1Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
Englishsickle medick  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Englishyellow alfalfa  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Englishyellow lucerne  1Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
Englishyellow-flower alfalfa as Medicago falcata1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
Frenchluzerne de Suède as Medicago falcata2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
Frenchluzerne jaune as Medicago falcata2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
GermanSichelklee as Medicago falcata2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
GermanSichelluzerne as Medicago falcata2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
Portugueseluzerna-de-sequeiro as Medicago falcata2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
Portuguese (Brazil)alfafa-de-provença  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)alfafa-falciforme  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishalfalfa amarilla as Medicago falcata2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
Spanishalfalfa sueca as Medicago falcata2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Medicago falcata
Swedishgul-lusern  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chineseye mu xu as Medicago falcata2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Medicago falcata
Annotations
  • The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 01 Dec 1996, from Medicago falcata L. to Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang.
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Citations
  • Hanson, A., Lan Xu, A. Boe, P. S. Johnson, R. N. Gates, & Yajun Wu. 2015. Identification and characterization of drought-tolerant alfalfa (Medicago sativa subsp. falcata) germplasm . Proc. South Dakota Acad. Sci. 94:263-272. Number of accessions cited: 5
  • Kannenbberg, D., Lan Xu, A. Boe, R. N. Gates, & P. S. Johnson. 2015. Identifying promising new falcata alfalfa populations for use in semiarid rangelands. Proc. South Dakota Acad. Sci. 94:273-280. Number of accessions cited: 7
  • Misar, C. G., Lan Xu, A. Boe, R. N. Gates, P. S. Jognson, & A. E. Olson. 2016. Validation of a technique for estimating alfalfa (Medicago sativa) biomass from canopy volume . Amer. J. Pl. Sci. 7:238-245. DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2016.71023. Number of accessions cited: 5
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.17 ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 631677 98i SD