Details for: APG 37083, Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha, SA 37083

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha

Top Name:

SA 37083

Origin:

Collected – India

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

07 Jan 2001

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		BASE 37083 2015c__1_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha

Top Name:

SA 37083

Origin:

Collected – India

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

07 Jan 2001

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

14 August 1961.
Locality: Native to the Mediterranean region, now naturalized in most temperate and warm countries

14 August 1961. India

Donated

07 January 2001. India

Donator(s):

Pengelly, Bruce Australian Tropical Forages Genetic Resource Centre

01 July 2014. Australia

Donator(s):

South Australian Research and Development Institute

Accession Names and Identifiers

SA 37083

Type: Donor identifier

Group: SA

South Australian Genetic Resource Centre

CPI 29817

Type: Institute identifier

Group: CPI

Commonwealth Plant Introduction

Sample 114, I.W. 520

Type: Collector identifier

ALP 1.5

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

a hardy glabrous annual herb with trifoliate leaves, small yellow flowers and loosely coiled seed pods bearing stiff, erect, hooked spines; it volunteers readily in pastures, and although it is eaten by stock, it tends to smother other pasture species, and the burrs often become troublesome in sheep's wool

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	Growth Habit	Visual assessment of habit (form) taken at flowering, (Jemalong Semi-erect)	SE - Semi Erect	APG SA Regen 2015 Medics
GROWTH	Seedling Vigour	Seedling vigour (at 2-3 trifoliate leaf stage). Subjective assessment relative to standard check cv Jemalong at 100 units	70	APG SA Regen 2015 Medics
GROWTH	Winter Vigour	Winter vigour (10 weeks). Subjective assessment relative to standard check cv Jemalong at 100 units	140	APG SA Regen 2015 Medics
GROWTH	Spring Vigour	Spring vigour (20 weeks). Subjective assessment relative to standard check cv Jemalong at 100 units	160	APG SA Regen 2015 Medics
MORPHOLOGY	Spines	Subjective assessment 1. relative to standard cv Jemalong at 10 units considering the interaction of spine length with angle of insertion to the pod whorl as it affects the level of vegetable fault in wool clips.	2	APG SA Regen 2015 Medics
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Coil	Direction of pod coil	A - Anti-Clockwise	APG SA Regen 2015 Medics
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Shape	Leaflet marker shape at pre-flowering stage	18 - Blotch & White Fleck	APG SA Regen 2015 Medics
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Position	Leaflet marker position at pre-flowering stage	5 - Proximal	APG SA Regen 2015 Medics
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Colour	Leaflet market colour at pre-flowering stage	9 - Purple	APG SA Regen 2015 Medics
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of a 1000 seeds in the clean seed sample	3.5	APG SA Regen 2015 Medics
PHENOLOGY	Days to Flower	Days from wetting up to first flower relative to standard check cv Jemalong	-33	APG SA Regen 2015 Medics
PHENOLOGY	10% First Flower Date	Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a flower	78	APG SA Regen 2015 Medics