Trifolium polystachyum Fresen.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Trifolium L.
Tribe: Trifolieae
References: [566]

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Other names:

• Ochreata polystachya (Fresen.)Bobrov [Synonym] [567]
  
• Trifolium mauginianum Fiori [Doubtful] [24]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [566]
  • Ethiopia [566]
  • Kenya [566]
  • Sudan [566]
  • Uganda [566]
  • Zaire [566]
  • Zambia [566]

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Notes:

• 3 vars.,polystachyum,contractum,psoraleoides (Gillett 1952,ref.567).
  
• Zohary & Heller (1984,ref.566) do not accept the vars.
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:20:06