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Taxon:  Trigonella glabra Thunb.



Summary
Genus:
Trigonella
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
314064
Place of publication:
Prodr. pl. cap. 137. 1800
Verified:
10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 2  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Trigonella glabra Thunb. subsp. glabra (0 active accession[s])
Trigonella glabra Thunb. subsp. uncata (Boiss. & Noe) Lassen (1 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  2. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  3. Lassen, P. 1987. (875) Proposal to reject the name Trigonella hamosa L. (Leguminosae). Taxon 36:479.
  4. Lassen, P. 1987. Trigonella. In: W. Greuter and T. Raus (eds.), Med-Checklist notulae, 14. Willdenowia 16:447.
  5. Norton, J. et al. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar. 2009
Common names
English
Egyptian fenugreek –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaBahrain  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaKuwait  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaQatar  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaUnited Arab Emirates  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Syria
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan
Naturalized
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: United Arab Emirates, Qatar
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania
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=314064. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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