Trifolium repens

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 repens
Varietates: T. r. subsp. macrorrhizum – T. r. subsp. nevadense – T. r. subsp. ochranthum – T. r. subsp. orphanideum – T. r. subsp. prostratum – T. r. subsp. repens

Name

Trifolium repens L., Sp. Pl. 2: 767 (1753).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Amoria repens (L.) C.Presl, Symb. Bot. 1: 47 (1830).
- Lotodes repens (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 194 (1891).
Heterotypic
- Trifolium repens var. maculatum Neuman, Bot. Not. 1883: 94 (1883).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces.
- Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean
  - St. Helena.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Réunion.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Jawa.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - Antipodean Islands, Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Pacific
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji.
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Easter Islands.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Aleutian Islands.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - New York, Vermont.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Southwest.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil South.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile North, Juan Fernández Islands, Uruguay.
Continental: Antarctic
- Regional: Subantarctic Islands
  - Amsterdam-St. Paul Islands, Crozet Islands, Falkland Islands, Kerguelen, South Georgia, Tristan da Cunha.
Note: Grey script indicates introduced occurrences.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 767. Reference page.

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. 2023. Trifolium repens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Trifolium repens. Published online. Accessed: January 13 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Trifolium repens. Accessed: 13 January 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Trifolium repens. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 13. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Witklawer
العربية: نفل زاحف
azərbaycanca: Ağ yonca
башҡортса: Аҡ туҡыранбаш
български: Пълзяща детелина
català: Trèvol blanc
kaszëbsczi: Biôłô kòniczëna
čeština: Jetel plazivý
Cymraeg: Meillionen wen
dansk: Hvidkløver
Deutsch: Weiß-Klee
dolnoserbski: Běła źiśelina
Ελληνικά: Λευκό τριφύλλι
English: White Clover
español: Trébol blanco
eesti: Valge ristik
euskara: Hirusta zuri
فارسی: شبدر سفید
suomi: Valkoapila
français: Trèfle blanc
galego: Trevo branco
hornjoserbsce: Běły dźećel
magyar: Fehérhere
íslenska: Hvítsmári
italiano: Trifoglio bianco
日本語: シロツメクサ
ქართული: სამყურა მხოხავი
한국어: 토끼풀
lietuvių: Baltasis dobilas
latviešu: Ložņu āboliņš
Nederlands: Witte klaver
norsk nynorsk: Kvitkløver
norsk: Hvitkløver
Diné bizaad: Tłʼoh waaʼí nahalinígíí
ирон: Тæрхъусгæрдæг
polski: Koniczyna biała
русский: Клевер ползучий
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Bela detelina
slovenčina: Ďatelina plazivá
slovenščina: Plazeča detelja
српски / srpski: Бела детелина
svenska: Vitklöver
Türkçe: Ak üçgül
українська: Конюшина повзуча
Tiếng Việt: Đậu chẽ ba hoa trắng
中文（简体）: 白三叶草
中文（繁體）: 白三葉草
中文（臺灣）: 白三葉草
中文: 白三葉草

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