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Taxon:  Trigonella suavissima Lindl.



Summary
Genus:
Trigonella
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40444
Place of publication:
T. L. Mitchell, Three exped. Australia 1:253. 1838
Verified:
09/03/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
20 (19  active, 17  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. Australian Systematic Botany Society. Flora of central Australia. 1981
  2. Bowen, G. D. 1956. Nodulation of legumes indigenous to Queensland. Queensland J. Agric. Sci. 13:47-60.
  3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  4. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  5. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
  6. Small, E. et al. 1981. The taxonomic value of floral characters in tribe Trigonelleae (Leguminosae), with special reference to Medicago. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1581.
  7. Willis, J. H. A handbook to plants in Victoria. 1970-1972
  8. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
calomba –
channel-clover –
Cooper-clover –
Darling trigonella –
Menindie-clover –
sweet fenugreek –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
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=40444. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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