Details for: APG 84867, Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh., KEW 867456

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.

Top Name:

KEW 867456

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 84867 2020rsa1_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.

Top Name:

KEW 867456

Origin:

Collected – Georgia

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

24 Apr 2020

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

08 August 2015. Georgia
Locality: Georgia:Kakheti:Kvareli
Coordinates: 42.4746, 44.9225 (Map it)
Elevation: 1483m.
Habitat: Meadow vegetation. With: Ranunculus sp., Senecio othonnae, Campanula lactiflora, Campanula rapunculoides, Silene compacta.

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 867456

Type: Donor identifier

CWR-GE-46

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. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Medicago

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

104921

Place of publication:

Fl. sred. juz. ross. 1:226. 1895

Verified:

05/22/1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Common names

English
blue alfalfa –

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. 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])
Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa (1687 active accession[s])

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

Basionym

Medicago caerulea Less. ex Ledeb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Medicago hemicoerulea Sinskaya
Medicago sativa L. subsp. microcarpa Urb.

Annotations

Nomenclature Change: 08 Dec 2022, from Medicago lesinsii E. Small to Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.

Re-Identification: 11 Dec 2023, from Medicago lesinsii E. Small to Medicago sativa L. subsp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of a 1000 seeds in the clean seed sample	1.13	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	4	APG SA Regen 2021 Lucerne and Medic
PRODUCTION	Visual Pod Production	Subjective assessment of pod production		APG SA Regen 2021 Lucerne and Medic