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Taxon:  Trifolium agrarium L.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Chronosemium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40160
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:772. 1753, nom. utique rej.
Comment:
  • a rejected name (nomen utique rejiciendum) under Melbourne ICN Art. 56 & App. V that is unavailable for use
  • in part = T. aureum Pollich, T. dubium Sibth., & T. campestre Schreb.
  • an older name than all three
Verified:
03/23/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
5 (5  active, 3  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Allen, O. N. & E. Hamatová. 1973. IBP world catalogue of Rhizobium collections. 282 pp.
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 1999. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 48. Taxon 48:360.
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990
  5. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  7. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  8. Turland, N. et al. 1996. (1244-1246) Proposals to reject the names Trifolium agrarium, Trifolium filiforme and Trifolium procumbens (Leguminosae). Taxon 45:549.
  9. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  10. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 334.
Common names
Distribution
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=40160. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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