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Taxon:  Trifolium ambiguum M. Bieb.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Trifoliastrum
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40165
Place of publication:
Fl. taur.-caucas. 2:208. 1808
Verified:
03/26/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
104 (104  active, 77  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amoria ambigua (M. Bieb.) Sojak

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amoria ruprechtii (Tamamsch. & Fed.) Roskov
Trifolium ruprechtii Tamamsch. & Fed.
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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. Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
  5. Englert, J. M. et al. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. 1999-
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  7. Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). The world of clovers. 2001 20.
  8. Kouamé, C. N., et al. 1998. Genetic diversity for root-knot nematode resistance in white clover and related species. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 45:1-8.
  9. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  12. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  13. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  14. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996
  15. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 215.
Common names
English
Caucasian clover –
honey clover –
Kura clover –
pellett clover –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationChecheno-Ingushetia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKabardino-Balkaria 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKarachay-Cherkessia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKrasnodar 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationNorth Ossetia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationStavropol 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationRostov 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, North Ossetia, Stavropol]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Iraq, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Moldova, Russian Federation [Rostov], Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Romania
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 215.
Bee plantshoney production Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
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=40165. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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