Details for: APG 619, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'AFRICAN'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Cultivar:

'AFRICAN'

Origin:

Collected – United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by APG:

01 Dec 1959

Improvement Status:

Advanced Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Cultivar:

'AFRICAN'

Origin:

Collected – United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by APG:

01 Dec 1959

Improvement Status:

Advanced Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

United States

Collector(s):

Donated

01 December 1959. United States

Donator(s):

01 July 2014. Australia

Donator(s):

South Australian Research and Development Institute

Accession Names and Identifiers

'AFRICAN'

Type: Cultivar name

SA 619

Type: Donor identifier

Group: SA

South Australian Genetic Resource Centre

CPI 21610

Type: Institute identifier

Group: CPI

Commonwealth Plant Introduction

ALP 1.5

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

. Reclassified from Medicago sativa ssp. sativa

Group Note

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Medicago

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

300359

Verified:

06/10/1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Common names

English
alfalfa –
lucerne –
violet-flower lucerne –
French
luzerne –
German
blaue Luzerne –
Luzerne –
Japanese Rōmaji
murasaki-umagoyashi –
Portuguese
luzerna –
Spanish
mielga –
Swedish
blålusern –
Transcribed Chinese
zi mu xu –

Other conspecific taxa

Medicago sativa L. (561 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. tunetana Murb. (12 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. nothosubsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. (370 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh. (158 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. (261 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. falcata (L.) Doll (0 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. var. viscosa (Rchb.) Posp. (2 active accession[s])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. glomerata (Balb.) Rouy (30 active accession[s])

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Medicago agropyretorum Vassilcz.
Medicago asiatica Sinskaya
Medicago mesopotamica Vassilcz.
Medicago praesativa Sinskaya
Medicago rivularis Vassilcz.
Medicago sogdiana Vassilcz.
Medicago transoxana Vassilcz.

Annotations