Details for: PI 226949, Medicago minima (L.) Bartal., No. 364


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago minima (L.) Bartal.
Top Name:
No. 364
Origin:
Collected – Ethiopia
Received by NPGS:
11 Jul 1955
PI Assigned:
1955
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed100 countPI 226949 78i 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 minima (L.) Bartal.
Top Name:
No. 364
Origin:
Collected – Ethiopia
Received by NPGS:
11 Jul 1955
PI Assigned:
1955
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
01 March 1955.
Ethiopia
Locality: Addis Ababa, Shewa, Ethiopia.
Coordinates: 9.0500, 38.7000 (Map it)
Environment description: Seeds from a vacant lot. (PI 163)
Comment: Collected in March and May, 1955.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
No. 364
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
Likely imported, looks like Southern Burr. Not many seeds ripe yet. (Collector Notes). Based on collector notes, thisaccession is likely to be a weedy escape.
Medicago minima (L.) Bartal.
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Leptospireae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:

23621
Place of publication:

Cat. delle piante Siena 61. 1776 (Grufb. in L.,Fl. angl. 21. 1754, nom. inval.)
Comment:
Grufberg probably did not intend to make this combination
Verified:
02/21/1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medicago polymorpha L. var. minima L.

Autonym(s)
Medicago minima (L.) Bartal. var. minima

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago meyeri Gruner
Medicago minima (L.) Bartal. var. brachyodon Rchb.
Medicago minima (L.) Bartal. var. brevispina Benth.
Medicago sessilis Peyron ex Post

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbur medick  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Englishlittle bur-clover  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishlittle medic  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishsmall medic  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishwoolly trefoil  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Swedishsandlusern  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 17 Sep 1986, from Medicago polymorpha L. var. vulgaris Shinners, nom. inval. to Medicago minima (L.) Bartal.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHGrowth habitPlant growth habit9 - PROSTRATE MEDIC.GROWTHHAB.92.BAUCHANPI 226949 78i SD
GROWTHPlant HeightPlant height measured in centimeters (mean of 3 mature plants).3.8 MEDIC.HEIGHT.92.BAUCHANPI 226949 78i SD
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.16 MEDIC.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 226949 78i SD
MORPHOLOGYPlant Maximal SpreadPlant maximal spread, width of the largest mature plant measured in centimeters.23 MEDIC.SPREAD.92.BAUCHANPI 226949 78i SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaflet WidthLeaflet width in millimeters taken on 1 branch on 3 plants between second and third internode at prebloom stage8 MEDIC.LEAFLETWD.92.BAUCHANPI 226949 78i SD
MORPHOLOGYLeaflet LengthLeaflet length in millimeters taken on 1 branch on 3 plants between second and third internode at prebloom stage8 MEDIC.LEAFLETLT.92.BAUCHANPI 226949 78i SD
MORPHOLOGYInternode LengthMeasured in centimeters on third internode from base on longest branch of three plants0.7 MEDIC.INTERNOLG.92.BAUCHANPI 226949 78i SD
PRODUCTIONBiomass Among SpeciesPlant biomass among species9 - POOR MEDIC.BIOMASS.92.BAUCHANPI 226949 78i SD
PRODUCTIONBiomass Within SpeciesBiomass within species compared to other accessions of that species.5 - (1 = Highest, 9 = Lowest) MEDIC.BIOMSP.92.BAUCHANPI 226949 78i SD