Fabaceae

Trifolium Tourn. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 764 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical to Tropical Mountains.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Manchuria, Maryland, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Norway, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Aleutian Is., Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Antipodean Is., Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Chatham Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Crozet Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Falkland Is., Fiji, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kerguelen, Kermadec Is., Labrador, Magadan, Minnesota, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., Panamá, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, South Australia, South Georgia, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Western Australia, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 53.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 337 (1754).
  • Gillett in Kew Bull. 7: 367–404 (1952).
  • M. Zohary & D. Heller, The Genus Trifolium (1984).
  • Sp. Pl.: 764 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gillett in K.B. 7: 367–404 (1952)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 337 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 764 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 31, 2023 Christenhusz, M.J.M. [MC9513] United Kingdom K001527145 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 s.coll. [s.n.] Chile K000555238 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Bridges [s.n.] Chile K000555234 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 s.coll. [s.n.] Chile K000555232 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Gay, C. [s.n.] Chile K000555236 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Gay, C. [s.n.] Chile K000555237 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 12, 1969 Carauta, J.P.P. [527] Brazil K000931826 Yes
Aug 27, 1928 Clauson [s.n.] Algeria K000226921 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1928 Kralik [221] Algeria K000226920 Unknown Type Material Yes
King [s.n.] Chile K000555235 Unknown Type Material Yes
Melchor-Castro, RB; Arista, P.; Balvin, R [1151] Peru K001612328 No
Davis, P.H. [46575] Turkey K000744188 Yes
Sintenis, P. [2603] Turkey K000744182 Yes
Cowan; Darlington [2503] Iran K000744184 Yes
Davis, P.H.; Hedge [D. 30797] Turkey K000744784 Yes
Davis, P.H. [45334] Turkey K000744253 No
Davis, P.H.; Hedge [D. 30778] Turkey K000744777 Yes
Jacques-Felix, H. [8710] Cameroon K000226925 Type Yes
Maxted; Ehrman; Auricht; Kitiki [4977] Turkey K000744797 Yes
Davis, P.H.; Polunin, O. [24477] Turkey K000744250 No
Davis, P.H. [45675] Turkey K000744255 No
Ross-Craig, S. United Kingdom K:SPC-15509.000 No
Davis, P.H. [45623] Turkey K000744254 No
Lourteig, A.; Cour, P. [340] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001560282 Yes
Combined Universities Expedition [59] Ecuador K001560291 Yes
Cowan; Darlington [2516] Iran K000744185 Yes
Celakovsky, L.J. [s.n.] Czech Republic K000999672 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [587] Ethiopia K000226938 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [587] Ethiopia K000226939 Type Yes
Gandoger, M. [605] Spain K000999665 Unknown Type Material Yes
Finlay [s.n.] Spain K003502423 Yes
Reverchon, E. [781] Spain K000999668 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cambessedes, J. [s.n.] Spain K000999716 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.M. [1097] South Africa K000459864 No
Davis, P.H.; Polunin, O. [22533] Turkey K000744252 No
Wylie, J. [28011] South Africa K000459868 No
Davis, P.H. [43873] Turkey K000744776 Yes
Puhler, T. [1145] Bulgaria K000999751 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boissier, P.E. [s.n.] Italy K000999718 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tineo, V. [s.n.] Italy K000999756 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mitchell, I. United Kingdom K:SPC-15512.000 No
Balansa, B. [s.n.] Turkey K000999843 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Chile K000555239 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, P.H.; Polunin, O. [23421] Turkey K000744181 Yes
Moss, C.E. [s.n.] South Africa K000459839 No
Chile K000500713 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rix, E.M. [71] Turkey K000744248 No
Gandoger, M. [446] Spain K000999666 Unknown Type Material Yes
Samuelsson, G. [4606] Syria K000744629 No
[illegible] [s.n.] Chile K000555230 Unknown Type Material Yes
Freyn, A. [721] Turkey K000744445 No
Davis, P.H.; Polunin, O. [24231] Turkey K000744249 No
Schimper [556] Ethiopia K000226930 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [556] Ethiopia K000226928 Type Yes
Davis, P.H. [45941] Turkey K000744781 Yes
Davis, P.H.; Polunin, O. [23073] Turkey K000744251 No
Davis, P.H. [46609] Turkey K000744783 Yes
Gilbert, M. [89] Chile K000555231 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tomasini, M.P. [1942] Croatia K000999717 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, P.H.; Hedge [D. 31964] Turkey K000744180 Yes
Davis, P.H. [45239] Turkey K000744778 Yes
Reverchon, E. [781] Spain K000999669 Unknown Type Material Yes
Algeria K000226922 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, P.H. [45222] Turkey K000744779 Yes
Reynier, A. [s.n.] Italy K000999719 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keck, C.; Puhler, T. [s.n.] Bulgaria K000999752 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, P.H.; Hedge [D. 30612] Turkey K000744782 Yes
Celakovsky, L.J. [s.n.] Czech Republic K000999673 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mann [603] Equatorial Guinea K000226924 Unknown Type Material Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1350] South Africa K000459869 No
Davis, P.H. [45132] Turkey K000744187 Yes
Steudner [119] Ethiopia K000226931 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [1280] Ethiopia K000226929 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Chile K000555233 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boissier, P.E.; Reuter, G.F. [s.n.] Spain K000999655 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, P.H. [47109] Turkey K000744780 Yes
Fleischer [s.n.] Turkey K000999755 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Legumes of the World Online

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0