Skip to content


Taxon:  Trifolium burchellianum Ser.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Vesicastrum
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
300614
Place of publication:
A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 2:200. 1825
Verified:
03/26/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
35 (35  active, 24  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Trifolium burchellianum Ser. subsp. burchellianum (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium burchellianum Ser. subsp. johnstonii (Oliv.) J. B. Gillett (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium burchellianum Ser. subsp. johnstonii (Oliv.) J. B. Gillett var. johnstonii (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium burchellianum Ser. subsp. johnstonii (Oliv.) J. B. Gillett var. oblongum J. B. Gillett (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Bond, P. & P. Goldblatt. Plants of the Cape Flora, J. S. African Bot. suppl. vol. 13. 1984
  2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  3. Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). The world of clovers. 2001 82.
  4. Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
  5. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  6. University of Pretoria. 1955. Annual Report on the research activities of the Plant Physiological Research Institute. 45 pp.
  7. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 136.
Common names
English
Burchell's clover –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal]
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=300614. Accessed 19 July 2025.


GRIN-Global project