Details for: APG 29937, Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha, SA 29937

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha

Top Name:

SA 29937

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

10 Mar 1992

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		BASE 29937 2023rsp1_____ SD

Images (3 total. Click on image for more.)

Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha

Top Name:

SA 29937

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

10 Mar 1992

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

25 October 1989.
Locality: AT NORTIER EXPERIMENTAL FARM AT LAMBERTS BAY
Landuse: Protected Enclosure; Parentrock: Sandstone; Ph: 8; Soil Drainage: Freely; Soil_Depth: Deep; Soil_Texture: Sand; Rainfall: 200

Collector(s):

25 October 1989. South Africa
Coordinates: -32.0667, 18.3333 (Map it)
Elevation: 75m.

Donated

10 March 1992. South Africa

Donator(s):

Skinner, Peter Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Western Australia

01 July 2014. Australia

Donator(s):

South Australian Research and Development Institute

Accession Names and Identifiers

SA 29937

Type: Donor identifier

Group: SA

South Australian Genetic Resource Centre

89ZAF16

Type: Collector identifier

ALP 1.2

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

PADDOCK, LIGHT GRAZING

Group Note

Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Spirocarpos

Subsection:

Leptospireae

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

310160

Verified:

06/09/1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Common names

Other conspecific taxa

Medicago polymorpha L. (1197 active accession[s])
Medicago polymorpha L. var. brevispina (Benth.) Heyn (586 active accession[s])
Medicago polymorpha L. var. denticulata (Willd.) Kerguelen (1383 active accession[s])

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Medicago hispida Gaertn. f. aculeata Urb.
Medicago hispida Gaertn. unranked lappacea (Desr.) Urb.
Medicago hispida Gaertn. unranked terebellum (Willd.) Urb.
Medicago hispida Gaertn. var. lappacea (Desr.) Urb.
Medicago hispida Gaertn. var. nigra (L.) Burnat
Medicago lappacea Desr.
Medicago nigra (L.) Krock.
Medicago polymorpha L. var. nigra L.
Medicago terebellum Willd.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study
GROWTH	Seedling Vigour	Seedling vigour (at 2-3 trifoliate leaf stage). Subjective assessment relative to standard check cv Jemalong at 100 units	240	APG WA Regen 2023-24 Medics
GROWTH	Winter Vigour	Winter vigour (10 weeks). Subjective assessment relative to standard check cv Jemalong at 100 units	260	APG WA Regen 2023-24 Medics
GROWTH	Spring Vigour	Spring vigour (20 weeks). Subjective assessment relative to standard check cv Jemalong at 100 units	110	APG WA Regen 2023-24 Medics
MORPHOLOGY	100 Seed Weight	Weight of a 100 seeds in the clean seed sample	0.448	APG WA Regen 2023-24 Medics
OTHER	Wet down date	Date seeds were first wetted for germination (in laboratory)	3/05/2023	APG WA Regen 2023-24 Medics
PHENOLOGY	Days to Flower	Days from wetting up to first flower relative to standard check cv Jemalong	95	APG WA Regen 2023-24 Medics