Details for: APG 28551, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, 'SHEFFIELD'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Cultivar:

'SHEFFIELD'

Origin:

Collected – Australia

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Aug 1991

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		BASE 28551 1985c__1_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Cultivar:

'SHEFFIELD'

Origin:

Collected – Australia

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Aug 1991

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

Australia

Donated

01 August 1991. Australia

Donator(s):

Kaehne, Ian D Department Of Agriculture South Australia

01 July 2014. Australia

Donator(s):

South Australian Research and Development Institute

01 August 2015. Australia

Donator(s):

Department of Economic Development Jobs, Transport and Resources Victoria

Accession Names and Identifiers

'SHEFFIELD'

Type: Cultivar name

SA 28551

Type: Donor identifier

Group: SA

South Australian Genetic Resource Centre

ALP 1.3

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

ERSED WITH LIMESTONE OUTCROPd from crosses of Afghan & Spanish ecotypes

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