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Taxon:  Trifolium echinatum M. Bieb.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Trifolium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
300616
Place of publication:
Fl. taur.-caucas. 2:216. 1808
Verified:
03/23/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
293 (288  active, 225  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Trifolium echinatum M. Bieb. var. carmeli (Boiss.) Gibelli & Belli (13 active accession[s])
Trifolium echinatum M. Bieb. var. echinatum (1 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). The world of clovers. 2001 144.
  5. Meikle, R. D. Flora of Cyprus. 1977-1985
  6. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  7. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  8. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  9. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996
  10. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 500.
  11. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
Common names
English
hedgehog clover –
prickly clover –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKrasnodar 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationStavropol 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraineKrym 
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Libya
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan, Krasnodar, Stavropol]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Switzerland, Germany, Hungary
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=300616. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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