Trifolium nigrescens

Trifolium nigrescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Trifolieae
Genus: Trifolium
Subgenus: T. subg. Trifolium
Sectio: T. sect. Trifoliastrum
Species: Trifolium nigrescens
Subspecies: T. n. subsp. dolychodon – T. n. subsp. meneghinianum – T. n. subsp. nigrescens

Name

Trifolium nigrescens Viv., Fl. Ital. Fragm. 12 (1808).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Amoria nigrescens (Viv.) Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 362 (1868)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Azores. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia South Australia (introduced). Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Viviani, D. 1808. Florae Italicae Fragmenta, seu plantae rariores, vel nondum cognitae, in varlis Italiae regionibus detectae, descriptionibus, et figuris illustratae .... 28 pp.BHL Reference page. : 12.

Additional references

• Zohary, M.† & Heller, D. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 606 pp., Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. ISBN 965-208-056-X Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Trifolium nigrescens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Trifolium nigrescens. Published online. Accessed: Jun 18 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Trifolium nigrescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jun 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Trifolium nigrescens. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Trifolium nigrescens. Accessed: 18 Jun 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Trifolium nigrescens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 28-Oct-07.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Schwarzwerdender Klee
English: small white clover
français: Trèfle noircissant

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