Details for: APG 38046, Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha, 'ARMADILLO'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha

Cultivar:

'ARMADILLO'

Origin:

Collected – United States

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

09 Apr 2002

Improvement Status:

Advanced Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Pureline

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		BASE 38046 2002b__2_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha

Cultivar:

'ARMADILLO'

Origin:

Collected – United States

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

09 Apr 2002

Improvement Status:

Advanced Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Pureline

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

United States

Donated

09 April 2002. United States

Donator(s):

Ocumpaugh, William (Bill) R Texas A&M University

01 July 2014. Australia

Donator(s):

South Australian Research and Development Institute

Accession Names and Identifiers

'ARMADILLO'

Type: Cultivar name

SA 38046

Type: Donor identifier

Group: SA

South Australian Genetic Resource Centre

ALP 1.3

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

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)	P - Prostrate	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
GROWTH	Winter Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant)	27.4474	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
GROWTH	Spring Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of spring forage yield (g per plant)	86.54	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
GROWTH	Internode Length	Subjective assesment of internode length, measured between the 4th-5th internode from base	3 - Long (> 40mm)	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
GROWTH	Leaf Size	Subjective assessment of Leaf Area	2 - Medium leaves	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
GROWTH	Max plant width	Max plant width of plant at maturity in cm	91	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Coil	Direction of pod coil	A - Anti-Clockwise	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Shape	Leaflet marker shape at pre-flowering stage	2 - Blotch	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Position	Leaflet marker position at pre-flowering stage	15 - Proximal To Lower	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Colour	Leaflet market colour at pre-flowering stage	10 - Red	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)	1 - Upper Glaborous Lower Glaborous	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
MORPHOLOGY	Flower Number	Mean number of flowers per raceme (5 plants)	2	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
MORPHOLOGY	Primary Branching	Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching	2 - Dense	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
PHENOLOGY	10% First Flower Date	Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a flower	130	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
PHENOLOGY	10% Pod Maturity Date	Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a mature pod	195	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
PHENOLOGY	90% Pod Maturity Date	Number of days from wetting up to 90% plants with a mature pod	209	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002
PRODUCTION	Seed production per plant	Seed production per plant in grams	11.88	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2002