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Details for: PI 244318,
Medicago rigidula
(L.) All., BN 7931
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
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Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago rigidula
(L.) All.
Top Name:
BN 7931
Origin:
Donated – Spain
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
26 Nov 1957
PI Assigned:
1957
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
165
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
100 count
PI 244318 98i 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 rigidula
(L.) All.
Top Name:
BN 7931
Origin:
Donated – Spain
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
26 Nov 1957
PI Assigned:
1957
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Donated
26 November 1957.
Spain
Comment:
Plants growing at the USDA-SCS Observations Nurseries, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705-2350. Originally received from the Botanical Garden, Madrid, Spain.
Accession Names and Identifiers
BN 7931
Type: Institute identifier
G 7503
Type: Site identifier
Group: GENEVA
Ids used by the North Eastern Plant Intro. Station; N. Y.
Northeast Regional PI Station
Narrative
Annual, 4-20 inches tall. [Distributed in the] Mediterranean area, (NPGS Site Index Card)
Medicago rigidula
(L.) All.
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Pachyspireae
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23668
Place of publication:
Fl. pedem. 1:316. 1785
Comment:
non
Medicago rigidula
auct. Asian (=
M. rigiduloides
E. Small)
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.
rigidula
L.
Autonym(s)
Medicago rigidula
(L.) All. var.
rigidula
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago agrestis
Ten.
Medicago cinerascens
Jord.
Medicago gerardi
Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.
Medicago morisiana
Jord.
Medicago muricata
(L.) All.
Medicago polymorpha
L. var.
muricata
L.
Medicago rigidula
(L.) All. var.
agrestis
(Ten.) Burnat
Medicago rigidula
(L.) All. var.
cinerascens
(Jord.) Rouy
Medicago rigidula
(L.) All. var.
morisiana
(Jord.) Rouy
Medicago rigidula
(L.) All. var.
submitis
Boiss.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Tifton bur-clover
1
Terrell, E. E. et al.
1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English
Tifton medic
1
Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest.
1966-. Flora of Iraq.
Name
References
Annotations
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
17 Sep 1986, from
Medicago turbinata
(L.) All. var.
aculeata
(Moris) Heyn to
Medicago rigidula
(L.) All.
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Citations
Small, E., B. Brooke, & E. J. Crawford.
1990. Intercontinental differentiation in Medicago rigidula. Canad. J. Bot. 68:2607-2613.
Note:
Shows a drawing of the 1-5 codes used for spine curvature.
Number of accessions cited:
311
Small, E., B. Brooke, & E. J. Crawford.
1990. Intercontinental differentiation in Medicago rigidula. Canad. J. Bot. 68:2607-2613.
Note:
Shows a picture of pollen shapes.
Number of accessions cited:
311
Small, E.
1990. Medicago rigiduloides, a new species segregated from M. rigidula. Canad. J. Bot. 68:2614-2617.
Note:
Shows a good drawing of a Medicago rigiduloides pod.
Number of accessions cited:
305
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
GROWTH
Winter vigor
Winter vigor
7 - (1 = HIGHEST, 9 = LOWEST)
MEDIC.WINTVIGOR.98.GRAVES
PI 244318 98i SD
GROWTH
Growth habit
Plant growth habit
8 - (1 = ERECT, 9 = PROSTRATE)
MEDIC.GROWTHHAB.98.GRAVES
PI 244318 98i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.54
MEDIC.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 244318 98i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Pollen Shape
Taxonomy based on pollen shape
CYL - Cylindrical-columnar shaped pollen - Medicago rigidula type
MEDIC.TAXONOMY.98.GROOSE
PI 244318 83i SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Spine Curvature
Spine curvature according to Small et al., 1990
3 - Curved
3
MEDIC.SPINECURVE.98.GROOSE
PI 244318 83i SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
Fruit coil number
Number of fruit coils per plant
4.70
5
MEDIC.COILS.98.GROOSE
PI 244318 83i SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
Days to flower
Days from seeding to first open flower
113
MEDIC.DAYSFLOWER.98.GRAVES
PI 244318 98i SD
PRODUCTION
Biomass Among Species
Plant biomass among species
8 - (1 = HIGHEST, 9 = POOR)
MEDIC.BIOMASS.98.GRAVES
PI 244318 98i SD
PRODUCTION
Visual pod production
Visual pod production
9 - POOREST
MEDIC.PODPRODUCT.98.GRAVES
PI 244318 98i SD
PRODUCTION
Grams of seed produced
Grams of seed produced
21
MEDIC.GRAMSPROD.98.GRAVES
PI 244318 98i SD