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Taxon:  Trifolium alexandrinum L.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Trifolium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40161
Place of publication:
Cent. pl. I:25. 1755 (Amoen. acad. 4:286. 1759)
Verified:
03/23/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
116 (97  active, 85  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)
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Common names
English
berseem clover –
Egyptian clover –
Arabic
barseem –
French
bersim –
trèfle d'Alexandrie –
German
Alexandriner-Klee –
Italian
trifoglio alessandrino –
Portuguese
trevo-da-Alexandria –
Spanish
bersim –
trébol alenjandrino –
Swedish
alexandrinerklöver –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated     
2CultivatedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
2CultivatedEurope Europe  
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
6Other     
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan
  • MALESIA: Indonesia
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Naturalized
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon
Other ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Environmentalsoil improver University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
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=40161. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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