GRIN-Global

Genus Trifolium L.

Summary

Genus number:

12357

Last updated:

16 February 2007

Family:

Fabaceae

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Common name(s):

clover

Accession count:

21558 (20442 active, 18122 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Comments:

all accepted species are in GRIN

List of species records in GRIN

Synonyms

Synonym(s)

Lupinaster Fabr.
Ursia Vassilcz.
Xerosphaera Sojak
Bobrovia A. P. Khokhr.

Probable synonym(s)

Amoria C. Presl
Chrysaspis Desv.

Subdivisions of Trifolium L.

Subgenus	Section
Chronosemium
Trifolium
Trifolium	Glycyrrhizum
Trifolium	Involucrarium
Trifolium	Lupinaster
Trifolium	Paramesus
Trifolium	Trichocephalum
Trifolium	Trifoliastrum
Trifolium	Trifolium
Trifolium	Vesicastrum

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References:

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/taxonomygenus?id=12357. Accessed 18 July 2025.