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Trifolium arvense L.
Family : FABACEAE
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 2: 769 (1753)  
Information on the genus : Trifolium
 
 
Status
Status for NA : accepted (present)
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Trifolium arvense L. var. arvense
 Trifolium arvense L. subsp. arvense
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Trifolium arvense var. australe Ten. (1838)
=Trifolium arvense var. ballii Murb. (1932)
=Trifolium arvense var. cyrenaicum Pamp. (1924)
=Trifolium cyrenaicum (Pamp.) Maire & Weiller (1939)
=Trifolium longisetum Boiss. & Balansa (1859)
=Trifolium arvense var. longisetum (Boiss. & Balansa) Boiss. (1872)
=Trifolium preslianum Boiss. (1843)
=Trifolium arvense var. preslianum (Boiss.) Ball (1878)
=Trifolium lagopinum Jord. (1852)
=Trifolium arvense var. lagopinum (Jord.) Pit. & Proust (1909)
 
Taxon infra-specific
Trifolium arvense L. var. arvense
Trifolium arvense L. subsp. arvense
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Annual herb with appressed or subpatulous silky hairs, 4-40 cm tall; stems solitary, few or many, delicate, flexuous, terete, erect or ascending, mostly branching above.
Ecology : Grassland; moor; meadows; 1200-3000 m alt.
  Exceedingly polymorphic.
  Eurasia; Canary Islands to Egypt-Middle East. Adventice in many other countries (S. Africa; E Canada, N and SE U.S.A., etc.).

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing

Bibliography for North Africa :
  • Fl. Atlant. 2: 198 (1798). 
  • Lowe, R. T. (1862). Manual Flora of Madeira and hte Adjacent Islands of Porto Santo and the Desertas. London 1: 136
  • Battandier, J.A & L.C. Trabut (1889). Flore de l'Algérie [Dicot] 1(2): 236  
  • Bonnet, E. & Barratte, J. F.G. (1896). Exploration Scientifique de la Tunisie. Catalogue Raisonne des Plantes Vasculaires de la Tunisie.   
  • Iles Canaries [Pitard & Proust]: 163 (1908 [1909]) 
  • Cat. Pl. Maroc 2: 390 (1932).  
  • Fl. Algérie [Quézel & Santa] 1: 510 (1962).
  • Fl. Eur. 2: 167 (1968).
  • Fl. Tunisie [Pottier-Alapetite] 1: 352 (1979).
  • ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1980). Flora of Libya. 86: 243
  • Zohary, M. & D. Heller (1984). Genus Trifolium
  • VALDES, B., S. TALAVERA & E. FERNANDEZ-GALIANO (ed.) (1987). Flora Vascular de Andalucía Occidental, vol. 2 Ketres 2: 108 
  • Med-Checklist 4: 180 (1989).
  • Fl. Iberica 7: 676 (1999). 
  • VALDÉS, B., REJDALI, M., ACHHAL EL KADMIRI, JURY, J. L. & J. M. MONTSERRAT (2002). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Nord du Maroc, incluant des clés d'identification. I. 1: 343
  • List. Esp. Sylv. Canarias : 111 (2004).
  • FENNANE, M., M. IBN TATTOU, A. OUYAHYA & J. EL OUALIDI (éd.) (2007). Flore Pratique du Maroc [vol.2] Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 2: 141
  • LE FLOC’H, E., L. BOULOS & E. VÉLA (2010). Catalogue synonymique commenté de la Flore de Tunisie  
 
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