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Taxon:  Trifolium rubens L.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Trifolium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40352
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:768. 1753
Verified:
03/23/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
15 (15  active, 6  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. 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. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  5. Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). The world of clovers. 2001 350.
  6. Lachmann, J. 1891. Über Knollen an den Wurzeln der Leguminosen. Zentralbl. Agrik-Chem. Landw.-Betr. 20:837-854.
  7. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  9. Smythies, B. E. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882. 1984-1986
  10. Turland, N. J. & C. E. Jarvis. 1997. Typification of Linnaean specific and varietal names in the Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Taxon 46:481.
  11. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  12. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996
  13. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 395.
Common names
Swedish
purpurklöver –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationKaliningrad 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Belarus, Lithuania, Russian Federation [Kaliningrad], Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
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=40352. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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