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Details for: PI 537234,
Medicago rigidula
(L.) All., 1378
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
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Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago rigidula
(L.) All.
Top Name:
1378
Origin:
Collected – Lebanon
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Jan 1987
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Seed
100 count
PI 537234 91i 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:
1378
Origin:
Collected – Lebanon
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Jan 1987
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:
Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
01 August 1963.
Lebanon
Locality:
Chtaura, Lebanon,
Coordinates:
33.8167, 33.8500
(Map it)
Collector(s):
Lesins, I.
Sigareva, Marina, Cornell University
Donated
01 January 1987.
Canada
Donor(s):
Seymour, P. N. D., University of Alberta
Accession Names and Identifiers
1378
Type: Donor identifier
W6 3424
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS
Narrative
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
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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
Growth habit
Plant growth habit
9 - PROSTRATE
MEDIC.GROWTHHAB.92.BAUCHAN
PI 537234 91i SD
GROWTH
Plant Height
Plant height measured in centimeters (mean of 3 mature plants).
1.5
MEDIC.HEIGHT.92.BAUCHAN
PI 537234 91i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.29
MEDIC.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 537234 91i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Plant Maximal Spread
Plant maximal spread, width of the largest mature plant measured in centimeters.
9
MEDIC.SPREAD.92.BAUCHAN
PI 537234 91i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Pollen Shape
Taxonomy based on pollen shape
CYL - Cylindrical-columnar shaped pollen - Medicago rigidula type
MEDIC.TAXONOMY.98.GROOSE
PI 537234 91i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Spine Curvature
Spine curvature according to Small et al., 1990
2 - Slightly curved
3
MEDIC.SPINECURVE.98.GROOSE
PI 537234 91i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaflet Width
Leaflet width in millimeters taken on 1 branch on 3 plants between second and third internode at prebloom stage
4
MEDIC.LEAFLETWD.92.BAUCHAN
PI 537234 91i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Leaflet Length
Leaflet length in millimeters taken on 1 branch on 3 plants between second and third internode at prebloom stage
4
MEDIC.LEAFLETLT.92.BAUCHAN
PI 537234 91i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Internode Length
Measured in centimeters on third internode from base on longest branch of three plants
2.3
MEDIC.INTERNOLG.92.BAUCHAN
PI 537234 91i SD
MORPHOLOGY
Fruit coil number
Number of fruit coils per plant
5.40
5
MEDIC.COILS.98.GROOSE
PI 537234 91i SD
PRODUCTION
Biomass Among Species
Plant biomass among species
8 - (1 = HIGHEST, 9 = POOR)
MEDIC.BIOMASS.92.BAUCHAN
PI 537234 91i SD
PRODUCTION
Biomass Within Species
Biomass within species compared to other accessions of that species.
9 - Lowest
MEDIC.BIOMSP.92.BAUCHAN
PI 537234 91i SD