Details for: APG 27802, Medicago sphaerocarpos Bertol., 'ORION'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sphaerocarpos Bertol.

Cultivar:

'ORION'

Origin:

Collected – Italy

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

10 Feb 1992

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Pureline

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		BASE 27802 1997c__1_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Medicago sphaerocarpos Bertol.

Cultivar:

'ORION'

Origin:

Collected – Italy

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

10 Feb 1992

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Pureline

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

23 June 1986.
Locality: RD FROM SCIFI TO ANTILO, O.5KM PAST JUNCT RD TO CASALVECCHIO SICULO
Landuse: Roadside; Parentrock: Shales, Mudstones; Ph: 7; Soil_Colour: Grey; Soil_Texture: Loam; Assoc_Species_Dominant: Trifolium, Lotus, Avena, Lolium

Collector(s):

Collins, William J Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Western Australia

23 June 1986. Italy
Coordinates: 37.9667, 15.2500 (Map it)
Elevation: 300m.

Donated

10 February 1992. Italy

Donator(s):

Collins, William J Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Western Australia

10 February 1992. Sicily, Italy

01 July 2014. Australia

Donator(s):

South Australian Research and Development Institute

01 August 2015. Australia

Donator(s):

Department of Economic Development Jobs, Transport and Resources Victoria

Accession Names and Identifiers

'ORION'

Type: Cultivar name

SA 27802

Type: Donor identifier

Group: SA

South Australian Genetic Resource Centre

SEP 29.1

Type: Collector identifier

ALP 1.1

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

TERRACES

Group Note

Medicago sphaerocarpos Bertol.

Genus:

Medicago

Section:

Spirocarpos

Subsection:

Pachyspireae

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

22891

Place of publication:

Rar. Lig. pl. 3:60. 1810

Verified:

06/08/1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Common names

English
sphere medic –
French
luzerne à fruits sphérique –

Other conspecific taxa

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

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 Medics Historical.1994
GROWTH	Growth Habit	Visual assessment of habit (form) taken at flowering, (Jemalong Semi-erect)	SE - Semi Erect	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
GROWTH	Growth Habit	Visual assessment of habit (form) taken at flowering, (Jemalong Semi-erect)	SE - Semi Erect	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
GROWTH	Winter Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant)	0.33	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
GROWTH	Winter Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant)	0.4684	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
GROWTH	Winter Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant)	0.47778	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
GROWTH	Winter Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of winter forage yield (g per plant)	1.25	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
GROWTH	Spring Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of spring forage yield (g per plant)	14.2837	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
GROWTH	Spring Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of spring forage yield (g per plant)	31.1983	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
GROWTH	Spring Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of spring forage yield (g per plant)	43.3056	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
GROWTH	Spring Forage Yield	Quantiative measurment of spring forage yield (g per plant)	55.7778	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
GROWTH	Internode Length	Subjective assesment of internode length, measured between the 4th-5th internode from base	2 - Moderate (15-40 mm)	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
GROWTH	Internode Length	Subjective assesment of internode length, measured between the 4th-5th internode from base	2 - Moderate (15-40 mm)	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
GROWTH	Internode Length	Subjective assesment of internode length, measured between the 4th-5th internode from base	2 - Moderate (15-40 mm)	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
GROWTH	Leaf Size	Subjective assessment of Leaf Area	2 - Medium leaves	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
GROWTH	Leaf Size	Subjective assessment of Leaf Area	2 - Medium leaves	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
GROWTH	Leaf Size	Subjective assessment of Leaf Area	3 - Large leaves	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
GROWTH	FY1_Early_July_Winter	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	10	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
GROWTH	FY1_Early_July_Winter	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	11	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
GROWTH	FY1_Early_July_Winter	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	12	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
GROWTH	FY2_ Late July_Winter	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	10	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
GROWTH	FY2_ Late July_Winter	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	12	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
GROWTH	FY2_ Late July_Winter	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	16	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
GROWTH	FY3_Mid-August_Winter	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	10	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
GROWTH	FY3_Mid-August_Winter	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	11	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
GROWTH	FY3_Mid-August_Winter	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	12	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
GROWTH	FY3_Mid-August_Winter	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	16	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
GROWTH	FY4_Early_September_Spring	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	10	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
GROWTH	FY4_Early_September_Spring	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	12	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
GROWTH	FY4_Early_September_Spring	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	12	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
GROWTH	FY4_Early_September_Spring	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	14	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
GROWTH	FY5_Late_September_Spring	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	10	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
GROWTH	FY5_Late_September_Spring	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	12	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
GROWTH	FY5_Late_September_Spring	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	14	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
GROWTH	FY5_Late_September_Spring	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	16	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
GROWTH	FY6_Mid-October_Spring	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	12	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
GROWTH	FY6_Mid-October_Spring	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	14	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
GROWTH	FY6_Mid-October_Spring	Forage Yield (FY) visual rating relative to the standard control score of 10 (see method for control accession)	8	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	179	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	199	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	234	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
GROWTH	Harvest Seed Weight	Total weight of the seeds harvested in grams	490	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
GROWTH	Plant Height at Flowering	Canopy height of plants at 90% flowering measured with a ruler, in cm	4	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
GROWTH	Plant Height at Flowering	Canopy height of plants at 90% flowering measured with a ruler, in cm	6	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
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.	5	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
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.	6	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Coil	Direction of pod coil	9 - Dense (base of nearest neighbour closer than length of hair)	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Coil	Direction of pod coil	9 - Dense (base of nearest neighbour closer than length of hair)	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Coil	Direction of pod coil	A - Anti-Clockwise	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Coil	Direction of pod coil	A - Anti-Clockwise	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Coil	Direction of pod coil	A - Anti-Clockwise	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Shape	Leaflet marker shape at pre-flowering stage	1 - Nil	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Shape	Leaflet marker shape at pre-flowering stage	1 - Nil	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Position	Leaflet marker position at pre-flowering stage	21 - Nil	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Position	Leaflet marker position at pre-flowering stage	21 - Nil	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Colour	Leaflet market colour at pre-flowering stage	17 - Nil	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
MORPHOLOGY	Leaflet Mark Colour	Leaflet market colour at pre-flowering stage	17 - Nil	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)		APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)		APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)	1 - Upper Glaborous Lower Glaborous	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)	1 - Upper Glaborous Lower Glaborous	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Hairs	Leaf surface hairiness (at 5th-8th leaf stage)	1 - Upper Glaborous Lower Glaborous	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Flower Number	Mean number of flowers per raceme (5 plants)	3	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
MORPHOLOGY	Flower Number	Mean number of flowers per raceme (5 plants)	5	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
MORPHOLOGY	Flower Number	Mean number of flowers per raceme (5 plants)	5	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Flower Number	Mean number of flowers per raceme (5 plants)	5	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of a 1000 seeds in the clean seed sample	5.608	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of a 1000 seeds in the clean seed sample	6.14	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
MORPHOLOGY	1000 Seed Weight	Weight of a 1000 seeds in the clean seed sample	6.84375	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Primary Branching	Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching	1 - Sparse	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
MORPHOLOGY	Primary Branching	Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching	1 - Sparse	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Primary Branching	Subjective Assessment of the amount of branching	1 - Sparse	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Spininess	Visual score of pod spininess relative to standard check cv. Jemalong (10); assessed on basis of likelihood to cause vegetable matter fault in wool.	5	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Spininess	Visual score of pod spininess relative to standard check cv. Jemalong (10); assessed on basis of likelihood to cause vegetable matter fault in wool.	6	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Pod Spininess	Visual score of pod spininess relative to standard check cv. Jemalong (10); assessed on basis of likelihood to cause vegetable matter fault in wool.	9	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
MORPHOLOGY	Dehiscence	Pod dehiscence at maturity	8 - Very high, 80-90% pods dropped at maturity	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Dehiscence	Pod dehiscence at maturity	8 - Very high, 80-90% pods dropped at maturity	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Dehiscence	Pod dehiscence at maturity	9 - >90% pods dropped at maturity	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
MORPHOLOGY	Floret Colour	Floret colour using Royal Horticuluture Society (RHS) colour charts	yellow	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Floret Colour	Floret colour using Royal Horticuluture Society (RHS) colour charts	yellow	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit Number	Count of the number of pods per perduncle	3	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit Number	Count of the number of pods per perduncle	4	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit Number	Count of the number of pods per perduncle	4	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Peduncle : Petiole	Subjective assessment of the ratio of peduncle to petiole length	7 - Longer at flowering and fruiting	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Peduncle : Petiole	Subjective assessment of the ratio of peduncle to petiole length	7 - Longer at flowering and fruiting	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Shattering	Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting	1 - None	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Shattering	Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting	1 - None	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
MORPHOLOGY	Shattering	Recovery rate. The stem length from a representative plant measuredwith a ruler in cm, two weeks after the spring cutting	1 - None	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
MORPHOLOGY	Threshability	The ease of which seed is able to be threshed from pod by machine	1 - Pod sample easily threshed, only one pass through machinery required	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
MORPHOLOGY	Threshability	The ease of which seed is able to be threshed from pod by machine	1 - Pod sample easily threshed, only one pass through machinery required	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
PHENOLOGY	10% First Flower Date	Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a flower	115	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
PHENOLOGY	10% First Flower Date	Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a flower	115	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
PHENOLOGY	10% First Flower Date	Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a flower	119	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
PHENOLOGY	10% First Flower Date	Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a flower	122	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
PHENOLOGY	10% Pod Maturity Date	Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a mature pod	173	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
PHENOLOGY	10% Pod Maturity Date	Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a mature pod	178	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
PHENOLOGY	10% Pod Maturity Date	Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a mature pod	178	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
PHENOLOGY	10% Pod Maturity Date	Number of days from wetting up to 10% plants with a mature pod	178	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
PHENOLOGY	Plant Maturity	plant maturity - annuals only. Number of days from wet down to the time when 90% of the plants have senescened	192	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
PHENOLOGY	Plant Maturity	plant maturity - annuals only. Number of days from wet down to the time when 90% of the plants have senescened	199	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
PHENOLOGY	Plant Maturity	plant maturity - annuals only. Number of days from wet down to the time when 90% of the plants have senescened	206	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000
PRODUCTION	Seed production per plot	Seed production per plot in grams	146.119	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
PRODUCTION	Seed production per plot	Seed production per plot in grams	162.866	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
PRODUCTION	Seed production per plot	Seed production per plot in grams	178.317	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
PRODUCTION	Seed production per plant	Seed production per plant in grams	19.6	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1998
PRODUCTION	Seed production per plant	Seed production per plant in grams	3.48593	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1994
PRODUCTION	Seed production per plant	Seed production per plant in grams	7.16	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.1997
PRODUCTION	Seed production per plant	Seed production per plant in grams	7.96	APG SA Regen Medics Historical.2000