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Details for: PI 308831,
Medicago scutellata
(L.) Mill., 68-261
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago scutellata
(L.) Mill.
Top Name:
68-261
Origin:
Donated – Yerushalayim, Israel
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
16 Nov 1965
PI Assigned:
1965
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
173
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
100 count
PI 308831 2008i 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 scutellata
(L.) Mill.
Top Name:
68-261
Origin:
Donated – Yerushalayim, Israel
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
16 Nov 1965
PI Assigned:
1965
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Donated
NEAR 16 November 1965.
Yerushalayim, Israel
Donor(s):
Volcani Institute of Agricultural Research
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):
Bauchan, Gary, USDA, ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
68-261
Type: Institute identifier
USDA Forage and Range Branch
33-70
Type: Institute identifier
Code number listed in 1965-1966 Index Seminum prepared by the Institute
Volcani Institute of Agricultural Research
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 scutellata
(L.) Mill.
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Rotatae
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23686
Place of publication:
Gard. dict. ed. 8:
Medicago
no. 2. 1768
Verified:
06/10/1987
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medicago polymorpha
L. var.
scutellata
L.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
snail medic
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
snail medick
1
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English
snail trefoil
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
snail-clover
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Schneckenklee
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian
medica scutellata
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguese
luzerna-escudelada
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
snäcklusern
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
1.66
MEDIC.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 308831 2008i SD