Trifolium usambarense Taub. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Trifolium usambarense Taub.

Summary

Genus:

Trifolium

Subgenus:

Trifolium

Section:

Vesicastrum

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

40395

Place of publication:

H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C:208. 1895

Verified:

03/26/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

10 (10 active, 7 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Reference(s)

Bumpus, E. D. 1957. Legume nodulation in Kenya. I. Exploratory field experiments. E. African Agric. J. Kenya 23(2):91-99.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). The world of clovers. 2001 430.
Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
Troupin, G. Flore du Rwanda. 1978-
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 104.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Burundi
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Equatorial Guinea	Bioko
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Rwanda
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Zaire

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Zambia
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea [Bioko], Rwanda, Zaire

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=40395. Accessed 18 July 2025.