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Details for: APG 36494, Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam., N29, GP-3


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
Top Name:
N29, GP-3
Origin:
Donated – United States
Received by APG:
25 May 2000
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed200 countBASE 36494 2001___1_____ SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
Top Name:
N29, GP-3
Origin:
Donated – United States
Received by APG:
25 May 2000
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Donated
25 May 2000.  United States

Donator(s):
01 July 2014.  Australia

Donator(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
SA 36494
Type: Donor identifier
Group: SA
South Australian Genetic Resource Centre

N29, GP-3
Type: Institute identifier

PI 552554
Type: Donor identifier
Group: PI
Plant Introduction

ALP 3.5
Type: Priority Score

Narrative
An excellent bee plant that is also salt-tolerant. Combines reduced coumarin content, increased seed size, and resistance to the sweetclover aphid (Therioaphis riehmi). The gene for reduced coumarin content was derived originally from the wild sweetclover species, Melilotus dentata, and the source of increased seed size was PI 178985, a Melilotus officinalis introduction from Turkey. Sweetclover aphid resistance was improved by conventional screening and selection procedures. Developed, from the Univers
Group Note
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
Genus:
Melilotus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:

24009
Place of publication:

Fl. franç. 2:594. 1779 ("1778") (Pallas, Reise russ. reich. 3:537. 1776, nom. nud.)
Comment:
Trifolium M. officinale L. was not cited by Lamarck, although he cited T. M. vars. for other species such as M. italicus and M. ornithopodioides, but Melbourne ICN Art. 41.4 allows treatment as a new combination
Verified:
01/14/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Common names
English
common melilot –
field melilot –
ribbed melilot –
yellow melilot –
yellow sweet-clover –
yellow trefoil –
French
mélilot jaune –
mélilot officinal –
German
echter Steinklee –
gelber Steinklee –
Italian
meliloto giallo –
Japanese Rōmaji
seiyō-ebira-hagi –
Portuguese
trevo-cheiroso –
Spanish
cornilla real –
meliloto amarillo –
trébol de olor –
Swedish
gul sötväppling –
Transcribed Chinese
cao mu xi –
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Trifolium officinale L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Melilotus arvensis Wallr.
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. var. micranthus O. E. Schulz
Melilotus vulgaris Hill, nom. inval.
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Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHFY2_ Late July_WinterForage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession) APG SA Regen Other Historical.2000  
GROWTHFY3_Mid-August_WinterForage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession) APG SA Regen Other Historical.2000  
GROWTHFY4_Early_September_SpringForage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession) APG SA Regen Other Historical.2000  
GROWTHFY5_Late_September_SpringForage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession) APG SA Regen Other Historical.2000  
GROWTHFY6_Mid-October_SpringForage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession) APG SA Regen Other Historical.2000  
GROWTHFY7_Early November_SpringForage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession) APG SA Regen Other Historical.2000  
GROWTHGrowth HabitVisual assessment of habit (form) taken at flowering, (Jemalong Semi-erect)SE - Semi-ErectAPG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000  
GROWTHHarvest Seed WeightTotal weight of the seeds harvested in grams0.4APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002  
GROWTHHarvest Seed WeightTotal weight of the seeds harvested in grams1APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000  
GROWTHHarvest Seed WeightTotal weight of the seeds harvested in grams185APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2001  
GROWTHHarvest Seed WeightTotal weight of the seeds harvested in grams62APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2001  
MORPHOLOGYFloret ColourFloret colour using Royal Horticuluture Society (RHS) colour chartsyellowAPG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000  
MORPHOLOGYFloret ColourFloret colour using Royal Horticuluture Society (RHS) colour chartsyellowAPG SA Regen Medics Historical.2001  
PHENOLOGY10% First Flower DateNumber of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a flower230APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2001  


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