Trifolium resupinatum L.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Trifolium L.
Tribe: Trifolieae
References: [566][754][801][1850][2080]

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Common Names:

• Persian Clover [1850] [1902]
  
• Reversed Clover [1902] [2080]
  
• Shaftal Clover [1917]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1991(W Asia)Lock JM & Simpson K
  • 1993 Adams BR
  • 1993 Polhill RM
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Forage [1862] [1919]
  
• Weed [1862]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [566]
  • Algeria [566]
  • Canary Is [566]
  • Egypt [566]
  • Ethiopia [24]
  • Libya [566]
  • Morocco [566]
  • South Africa [279]
  • Tunisia [454]

• Asia [566] [1861] [1862] [1872] [1938] [2015]
  • Afghanistan [1872]
  • India [1862]
  • Iran [1861]
  • Iraq [1862]
  • Pakistan [1862] [1938]
  • USSR [2015]

• Australasia [1880]
  • Australia [1880]
    • New South Wales
    • Queensland
    • South Australia
    • Victoria
    • Western Australia
  • Tasmania

• Europe [454] [566] [2935]
  • Albania [754]
  • Austria-F.E. [754]
  • Azores [754]
  • Balearic Is [754]
  • Belgium-F.E. [698]
  • Bulgaria [754]
  • Corsica [754]
  • Czechoslovakia [754]
  • France-F.E. [754]
  • Germany [754]
  • Great Britain [754]
  • Greece [754]
  • Hungary [754]
  • Italy-F.E. [754]
  • Kriti [754]
  • Malta [454]
  • Netherlands [754]
  • Portugal [754]
  • Romania [754]
  • Sardegna [754]
  • Sicilia [2935]
  • Spain-F.E. [754]
  • Switzerland [754]
  • Turkey in Europe [754]
  • USSR:K-F.E. [754]
  • Yugoslavia [754]

• Middle East [454] [566] [1862] [1896] [1899]
  • Cyprus [454]
  • East Aegean Is(Greek) [454]
  • Israel [1862]
  • Jordan [1862]
  • Kuwait [1896]
  • Lebanon [1862]
  • Qatar [1899]
  • Sinai [454]
  • Syria [1862]
  • Turkey in Asia [454]

• North America [1850]
  • United States [1850]

• Pacific Ocean [1939] [1949] [2080]
  • Hawaii [1949]
  • New Zealand(North) [2080]
  • New Zealand(South) [2080]

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Notes:

• Zohary & Heller (1984,ref.566)recognise 3 vars.,r.,microcephalum & majus.
  
• T.majus is the cultivated variety
  
• Native to Portugal,Spain,Balearic Is,France,Corsica,Sardegna,Sicilia,Italy,
  
• Yugoslavia,Albania,Greece,Kriti & Turkey in Europe;Introduced to USSR:K-F.E. [454]
  
• The exact native area has been obscured by cultivation [1862]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:20:09