Details for: PI 197347, Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori, M.Ob-T-5


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori
Top Name:
M.Ob-T-5
Origin:
Donated – Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Received by NPGS:
13 Jul 1951
PI Assigned:
1951
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 197347 2012i 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 italica (Mill.) Fiori
Top Name:
M.Ob-T-5
Origin:
Donated – Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Received by NPGS:
13 Jul 1951
PI Assigned:
1951
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Donated
NEAR 13 July 1951.
Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Donor(s):
NEAR 15 September 2007.
Maryland, United States
Comment: This accession was part of the Medicago Species Collection, which was assembled between 1956 and 1978 by the USDA Forage and Range Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Maryland.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
M.Ob-T-5
Type: Institute identifier
Identifier used for germplasm collection housed in Canberra, Australia (1940-1950s). Name of donor institute appears to have changed over time, but likely was a part of Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, ACT.

68-333
Type: Institute identifier
USDA Forage and Range Branch

M. Ob-T-5
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Previously considered lost, this older Plant Introduction was rediscovered when the Beltsville Medicago Species Collection was donated to the USDA National Plant Germplasm System in 2007 (S.L.Greene, Curator, 2008 ).
Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Pachyspireae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:

314582
Place of publication:

A. Fiori & G. Paoletti, Iconogr. fl. ital. ed. 2:237. 1921
Comment:
Fiori, in Nuov. fl. ital. 1:832. 1925, first united Medicago italica and M. tornata, two names of equal priority, choosing M. italica
Verified:
02/15/1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medica italica Mill.

Autonym(s)
Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori subsp. italica

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishdisc medic  1Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 2:874.
Swedishskivlusern  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 25 Apr 2005, from Medicago tornata (L.) Mill. to Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.49 MEDIC.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 197347 2012i SD
OTHERImage/picture1A picture or imageflower IMAGE.MEDICAGO.ITALICAPI 197347 2008i SDNot Available