Details for: APG 84864, Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa, KEW 867364

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Top Name:

KEW 867364

Origin:

Collected – Georgia

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

24 Apr 2020

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		BASE 84864 2020rsa1_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Top Name:

KEW 867364

Origin:

Collected – Georgia

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

24 Apr 2020

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

14 July 2015. Georgia
Locality: Cyprus:Paphos District
Coordinates: 41.8462, 44.6842 (Map it)
Elevation: 617m.
Habitat: Roadside vegetation combined with dry grassland. With: Galium verum, Cardaria draba, Cirsium sp., Cynodon dactylon, Erysimum sp.

Collector(s):

Kurdadze, T Institute of Botany, Georgian Academy of Sciences

Donated

Georgia

Donator(s):

National Botanical Garden of Georgia

24 April 2020.

Donator(s):

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Accession Names and Identifiers

KEW 867364

Type: Donor identifier

CWR-GE-37

Type: Collector identifier

ALP 1.5

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

collected during the CWRs Project “Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: Collecting, Protecting and Preparing Crop Wild Relatives”

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

Re-Identification: 11 Dec 2023, from Medicago lesinsii E. Small to Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of a 1000 seeds in the clean seed sample	1.66	APG SA Regen 2021 Lucerne and Medic
MORPHOLOGY	Floret Colour	Visual classification of flower colour as per Alfalfa colour book 424		APG SA Regen 2021 Lucerne and Medic
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Coiling	The number of coils in a pod counted	3	APG SA Regen 2021 Lucerne and Medic
PRODUCTION	Visual Pod Production	Subjective assessment of pod production		APG SA Regen 2021 Lucerne and Medic