Details for: PI 692853, Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam., TJK03-216

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.

Top Name:

TJK03-216

Origin:

Collected – Kŭhistoni Badakhshon, Tajikistan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

21 Jan 2004

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Biennial

Life Cycle:

Biennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 692853 12ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.

Top Name:

TJK03-216

Origin:

Collected – Kŭhistoni Badakhshon, Tajikistan

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

21 Jan 2004

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Biennial

Life Cycle:

Biennial

Source History

Collected

20 August 2003.
Kŭhistoni Badakhshon, Tajikistan
Locality: Zanints village, 17 km south of Site 35 on road to Roshkaala, Gunt River valley, Roshkaala.
Coordinates: 37.3200, 71.7450 (Map it)
Elevation: 2594m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Environment description: Mixed cereal and legume field. Agricultural crop area, irrigated. Undulating (3-8%) slope, northwestern aspect. Alluvium soil.
Number of plants sampled: 10
Comment: Site code: TJK03:36. 0.1-1 hectare sampled.
Collector(s):

Donated

21 January 2004.

Accession Names and Identifiers

TJK03-216

Type: Collector identifier

Plant collection mission in southeast Tajikistan, August, 2003.

Ames 27363

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

KS 0803

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Collected from within an agricultural crop and appears to be weedy in its habit.

Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.

Genus:

Melilotus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

24009

Place of publication:

Fl. franç. 2:594. 1779 ("1778") (Pallas, Reise russ. reich. 3:537. 1776, nom. nud.)

Comment:

Trifolium M. officinale L. was not cited by Lamarck, although he cited T. M. vars. for other species such as Melilotus italicus and M. ornithopodioides, but Shenzhen ICN Art. 41.4 allows treatment as a new combination

Verified:

01/14/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Trifolium officinale L.

Autonym(s)
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. subsp. officinalis
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. var. officinalis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Melilotus arvensis Wallr.
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. var. micranthus O. E. Schulz
Melilotus vulgaris Hill, nom. inval.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	common melilot		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	field melilot		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	ribbed melilot		1	Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
English	yellow melilot		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	yellow sweet-clover		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	yellow trefoil		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English (Canada)	yellow sweet-clover	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 145-146.
French	mélilot jaune		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	mélilot officinal		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French (Canada)	mélilot jaune	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 145-146.
German	echter Steinklee		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: lists as Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
German	gelber Steinklee		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	meliloto giallo		2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 2:208.
Japanese Rōmaji	seiyō-ebira-hagi		2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese	trevo-cheiroso		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	cornilla real		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	meliloto amarillo		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	trébol de olor		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	gul sötväppling		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	cao mu xi		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
GROWTH	HEIGHT OF FLOWERING PLANTS	Height (stem length)of flowering plants measured from the soil in cm, before lodging. Recorded after 50% of the plants have open flowers.	65	32	AMA.MEL.2012.TRANSPLANTED.TO.FIELD	PI 692853 04ncao01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	PLANT GROWTH HABIT	Plant growth habit evaluated when 50% of the plants have open flowers. The most useful data are from non-transplanted, field-grown, widely spaced plants.	3 - (1 = PROSTRATE, 9 = VERY ERECT)	32	AMA.MEL.2012.TRANSPLANTED.TO.FIELD	PI 692853 04ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	Y - YELLOW	32	AMA.MEL.2012.TRANSPLANTED.TO.FIELD	PI 692853 04ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PLANT SHAPE	The presence of a many-thin-stem trait that is desirable for forage. Reference: Kirk, L.E. 1931 Sci. Agr. 11:315-325.	STAND - Percent of standard type usually with 5 to 10 thick stems. (100%)	32	AMA.MEL.2012.TRANSPLANTED.TO.FIELD	PI 692853 04ncao01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEEDLING COLOR	The percentage of seedlings with stem or leaf red coloring in a given sample size. Faint indistinct coloring can be recorded as intermediate green and explained in the comment field.	100	25	AMA.MEL.2012.TRANSPLANTED.TO.FIELD	PI 692853 04ncao01 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	DURATION	The length of time that the plants ordinarily live before flowering and death. The biennials require a cold treatment before flowering, while annuals do not.	BIE - percent biennial (100%)	32	AMA.MEL.2012.TRANSPLANTED.TO.FIELD	PI 692853 04ncao01 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	MATURITY DAY FOR HAY HARVEST	Maturity for hay forage harvest. For biennials, Julian day in the second year of growth when 50% of the plants have open flowers. For annuals, days after seeding when 50% of the plants have open flowers.	173	32	AMA.MEL.2012.TRANSPLANTED.TO.FIELD	PI 692853 04ncao01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	The weight in grams of 100 seeds.	.11		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 692853 04ncao01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	The weight in grams of 100 seeds.	.18		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 692853 12ncai01 SD