Details for: PI 154349, Medicago sativa L., 'African'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L.

Cultivar:

'African'

Origin:

Collected – Maryland, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

07 May 1946

PI Assigned:

1946

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Inventory Volume:

154
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Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L.

Cultivar:

'African'

Origin:

Collected – Maryland, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

07 May 1946

PI Assigned:

1946

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

Maryland, United States

Collector(s):

USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'African'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Medicago sativa L.

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Medicago

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

23676

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:778. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358799

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

06/10/1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. tunetana Murb. (7 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. (437 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh. (97 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. (453 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. falcata (L.) Döll (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. viscosa (Rchb.) Posp. (15 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. glomerata (Balb.) Rouy (12 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa (3377 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. var. sativa (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago caerulea Less. ex Ledeb. var. pauciflora (Ledeb.) Grossh.
Medicago karatschaica Latsch.
Medicago lavrenkoi Vassilcz.
Medicago pauciflora Ledeb.
Medicago sativa L. var. pilifera Urb.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
Arabic	burseem		2	Norton, J. et al. 2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
Arabic	jatt		2	Norton, J. et al. 2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
English (Canada)	alfalfa	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 146.
French (Canada)	luzerne	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 146.
Italian	erba medica		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Italian	medica		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Transcribed Korean	jajukgaejari		2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.

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