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Taxon:  Trifolium alexandrinum L.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Trifolium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40161
Place of publication:
Cent. pl. I:25. 1755 (Amoen. acad. 4:286. 1759)
Verified:
03/23/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Trifolium alexandrinum L. subsp. alexandrinum

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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
berseem clover –
Egyptian clover –
Arabic
barseem –
French
bersim –
trèfle d'Alexandrie –
German
Alexandriner-Klee –
Italian
trifoglio alessandrino –
Portuguese
trevo-da-Alexandria –
Spanish
bersim –
trébol alenjandrino –
Swedish
alexandrinerklöver –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    also cult. elsewhere
2CultivatedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
2CultivatedEurope Europe  
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
6Other    probable origin s.w. Asia
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan
  • MALESIA: Indonesia
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Naturalized
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon
Other (probable origin s.w. Asia)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforagegrazingDuke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Environmentalsoil improver University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/ccrop/


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