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Taxon:
Trifolium ambiguum
M. Bieb.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Trifoliastrum
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40165
Place of publication:
Fl. taur.-caucas. 2:208. 1808
Verified:
03/26/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amoria ambigua
(M. Bieb.) Soják
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amoria ruprechtii
(Tamamsch. & Fed.) Roskov
Trifolium ruprechtii
Tamamsch. & Fed.
No images
Reference(s)
Abberton, M. T. et al.
1998. Morphological characteristics of hybrids between white clover,
Trifolium repens
L., and Caucasian clover,
Trifolium ambiguum
M. Bieb. Pl. Breed. (New York) 117:494-496.
Abberton, M. T.
2007. Interspecific hybridization in the genus
Trifolium
. Pl. Breed. (New York) 126:337-342.
Note:
this review cited successful crosses and hybrid formation by embryo rescue of
Trifolium repens
×
T. ambiguum
Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds.
Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/related/Trifolium_ambiguum/
Davis, P. H., ed.
1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Ellison, N. W. et al.
2006. Molecular phylogenetics of the clover genus (
Trifolium
- Leguminosae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 39:688-705.
URL:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
Englert, J. M. et al.
1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Trifolium+ambiguum&quantity=1
Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.).
2001. The world of clovers 20.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Meredith, M. R. et al.
1995.
Trifolium ambiguum
as a source of variation in the breeding of white clover. Euphytica 82:185-191.
Note:
Netherlands journal of plant breeding
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rechinger, K. H., ed.
1963-. Flora iranica.
Taylor, N. L.
2008. A century of clover breeding developments in the United States. Crop Sci. (Madison) 48:1-13.
Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest.
1966-. Flora of Iraq.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Williams, W. M. & S. N. Nichols.
2011. Chapter 13:
Trifolium
. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, legume crops and forages 249-272.
Note:
this perennial species is recognized as closely related to white clover
Williams, W. M. et al.
2011. Eco-geographically divergent diploids, Caucasian clover (
Trifolium ambiguum
) and western clover (
T. occidentale
), retain most requirements for hybridization. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 108:1269-1277.
URL:
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year
Yakovlev, G. P. et al.
1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
Note:
=
Amoria ambigua
(M. Bieb.) Soják
Zohary, M. & D. Heller.
1984. The genus
Trifolium
215.
Common names
English
Caucasian clover –
Reference(s)
honey clover –
Reference(s)
Kura clover –
Reference(s)
pellett clover –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Armenia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Azerbaijan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Georgia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Russian Federation
Checheno-Ingushetia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Russian Federation
Dagestan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Russian Federation
Kabardino-Balkaria
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Russian Federation
Karachay-Cherkessia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Russian Federation
Krasnodar
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Russian Federation
North Ossetia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Russian Federation
Stavropol
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iran
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iraq
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Turkey
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Moldova
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Russian Federation
Rostov
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Ukraine
incl. Krym
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Romania
Native
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Iran
,
Iraq
,
Turkey
CAUCASUS:
Armenia
,
Azerbaijan
,
Georgia
,
Russian Federation
[Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, North Ossetia, Stavropol]
Europe
EASTERN EUROPE:
Moldova
,
Russian Federation
[Rostov],
Ukraine
(incl. Krym)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Romania
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
forage
Zohary, M. & D. Heller.
1984. The genus
Trifolium
215.
Bee plants
honey production
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Name
References