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Taxon:  Trifolium squamosum L.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Trifolium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
50005
Place of publication:
Amoen. acad. 4:105. 1759
Verified:
03/23/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
55 (54  active, 38  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Trifolium maritimum Huds.
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Reference(s)
  1. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976-
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  3. Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). The world of clovers. 2001 384.
  4. Grobbelaar, N. & B. Clarke. 1974. A qualitative study of the nodulating ability of legume species: List 4. Agroplantae 6:59-64.
  5. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  6. Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. 1991
  7. Lopez Gonzalez, G. 1995. Trifolium squamosum L. (Leguminosae) and Festuca marina L. (Gramineae), invalid names. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 53:265-267.
  8. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  11. Silva, L. et al. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta). 2005
  12. Smythies, B. E. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882. 1984-1986
  13. Stace, C. New flora of the British Isles. 1995
  14. Taylor, N. 1996. pers. comm.
  15. Turland, N. J. & C. E. Jarvis. 1997. Typification of Linnaean specific and varietal names in the Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Taxon 46:482.
  16. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  17. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996
  18. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 482.
Common names
English
sea clover –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Poland
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Taylor, N. 1996. pers. comm.
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=50005. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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