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Taxon:  Trifolium hybridum L. var. elegans (Savi) Boiss.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Vesicastrum
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
70792
Place of publication:
Fl. orient. 2:146. 1872-1873
Comment:
fide synonymy in Zohary & Heller, T. hybridum var. pratense has priority
Verified:
03/26/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 2  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Trifolium hybridum L. (67 active accession[s])
Trifolium hybridum L. var. anatolicum (Boiss.) Boiss. (1 active accession[s])
Trifolium hybridum L. var. hybridum (1 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Trifolium elegans Savi

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Trifolium hybridum L. subsp. elegans (Savi) Asch. & Graebn.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Trifolium hybridum L. var. pratense Rabenh.
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Reference(s)
  1. Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  3. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  4. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  5. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 147.
Common names
Swedish
liten alsikeklöver –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationChecheno-Ingushetia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKarachay-Cherkessia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKhanty-Mansi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreeceCrete 
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Karachay-Cherkessia]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Khanty-Mansi]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Greece [Crete], Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
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=70792. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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