Details for: W6 5954, Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori, 2794


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori
Top Name:
2794
Origin:
Collected – Malta
Received by NPGS:
11 Feb 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed100 countW6 5954 2013i 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:
2794
Origin:
Collected – Malta
Received by NPGS:
11 Feb 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
1974.
Malta

Donated
11 February 1990.
Alberta, Canada
Comment: Designations by K.A. Lesins, Dept. of Plant Science, University of Alberta, Canada
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
2794
Type: Collector identifier
Identifier assigned by K.A. Lesins and I. Lesins

W6 5954
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative
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: 24 Jun 1992, from Medicago tornata (L.) Mill. to Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori
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Citations
  • Steele, K. P., S. M. Ickert-Bond, S. Zarre, & M. F. Wojciechowski. 2010. Phylogeny and character evolution in Medicago (Leguminosae): Evidence from analyses of plastid trnK/matK and nuclear GA3ox1 sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 97:1142-1155. Number of accessions cited: 51
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHWinter vigorWinter vigor5 - (1 = HIGHEST, 9 = LOWEST) MEDIC.WINTVIGOR.94.GRAVESW6 5954 94i SDNot Available
GROWTHGrowth habitPlant growth habit7 - (1 = ERECT, 9 = PROSTRATE) MEDIC.GROWTHHAB.94.GRAVESW6 5954 94i SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.53 ALFALFA.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISW6 5954 2013i SD
PHENOLOGYDays to flowerDays from seeding to first open flower123 MEDIC.DAYSFLOWER.94.GRAVESW6 5954 94i SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONBiomass Among SpeciesPlant biomass among species5 - (1 = HIGHEST, 9 = POOR) MEDIC.BIOMASS.94.GRAVESW6 5954 94i SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONVisual pod productionVisual pod production6 - (1 = HIGHEST, 9 = POOREST) MEDIC.PODPRODUCT.94.GRAVESW6 5954 94i SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONGrams of seed producedGrams of seed produced136 MEDIC.GRAMSPROD.94.GRAVESW6 5954 94i SDNot Available