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Taxon:  Trifolium diffusum Ehrh.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Trifolium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40217
Place of publication:
Beitr. Naturk. 7:165. 1792
Verified:
03/23/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
84 (84  active, 80  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. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
  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 138.
  4. Grobbelaar, N. et al. 1967. A qualitative study of the nodulating ability of legume species: List 1. Publ. Univ. Pretoria ser. 2, 38:1-9.
  5. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  6. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  7. Smythies, B. E. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882. 1984-1986
  8. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  9. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 367.
Common names
English
diffuse clover –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Moldova, Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
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=40217. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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