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 Russia, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, 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, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yemen, Yukon, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alberta, Aleutian Is., Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Antipodean Is., Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Chatham Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Crozet Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Falkland Is., Fiji, Greenland, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kerguelen, Kermadec Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nansei-shoto, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Panamá, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Réunion, Saskatchewan, 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:

  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
  • 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 K000555237 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Gay, C. [s.n.] Chile K000555236 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
Barkley, F.A.; al Ani, H.A. [7197] Iraq K001930732 Yes
Haddad, S.; Barkley, F.A. [5450] Iraq K001930733 Yes
Whitlam, J. [17] Iraq K001930723 Yes
Finlay [s.n.] Spain K003502423 Yes
Melchor-Castro, RB; Arista, P.; Balvin, R [1151] Peru K001612328 No
Groves, H.; Baenitz, C. [s.n.] Italy K003537787 No
Celakovsky, L.J. [s.n.] Czech Republic K000999673 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maxted; Ehrman; Auricht; Kitiki [4977] Türkiye K000744797 Yes
Davis, P.H. [45334] Türkiye K000744253 No
Groves, H. [s.n.] Italy K003537781 No
Davis, P.H.; Polunin, O. [24477] Türkiye K000744250 No
Schimper [587] Ethiopia K000226938 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [587] Ethiopia K000226939 Type Yes
Wood, J.M. [1097] South Africa K000459864 No
Davis, P.H.; Hedge [D. 30778] Türkiye K000744777 Yes
Cambessedes, J. [s.n.] Spain K000999716 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ross-Craig, S. United Kingdom K:SPC-15509.000 No
de Halacsy, E. [s.n.] Greece K003537792 No
Davis, P.H. [46575] Türkiye K000744188 Yes
Groves, H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003537782 No
Sintenis, P. [2603] Türkiye K000744182 Yes
Davis, P.H. [45623] Türkiye K000744254 No
Combined Universities Expedition [59] Ecuador K001560291 Yes
Lourteig, A.; Cour, P. [340] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001560282 Yes
Cowan; Darlington [2503] Iran K000744184 Yes
Celakovsky, L.J. [s.n.] Czech Republic K000999672 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cowan; Darlington [2516] Iran K000744185 Yes
Barkley, F.A.; Barkley, E.D.; Haddad, S. [5108] Iraq K001930717 Yes
Whitlam, J. [10] Iraq K001930720 Yes
Barkley, F.A. [5451] Iraq K001930711 Yes
Barkley, F.A.; Brahim, M. [8282] Iraq K001930716 Yes
Reverchon, E. [781] Spain K000999668 Unknown Type Material Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K003537789 No
Davis, P.H. [45675] Türkiye K000744255 No
Davis, P.H.; Polunin, O. [22533] Türkiye K000744252 No
Jacques-Felix, H. [8710] Cameroon K000226925 Type Yes
Huter, R.; Porta, P.; Rigo, G. [671] United Kingdom K003537788 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Greece K003538904 Yes
Davis, P.H.; Hedge [D. 30797] Türkiye K000744784 Yes
Gandoger, M. [605] Spain K000999665 Unknown Type Material Yes
Balansa, B. [1405] Türkiye K003501592 Yes
Keck, C.; Puhler, T. [s.n.] Bulgaria K000999752 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, P.H.; Polunin, O. [23073] Türkiye K000744251 No
Reverchon, E. [781] Spain K000999669 Unknown Type Material Yes
Moss, C.E. [s.n.] South Africa K000459839 No
Algeria K000226922 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boissier, P.E.; Reuter, G.F. [s.n.] Spain K000999655 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rix, E.M. [71] Türkiye K000744248 No
Davis, P.H.; Polunin, O. [23421] Türkiye K000744181 Yes
Dorfler, I. [784] K003537791 No
Steudner [119] Ethiopia K000226931 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gilbert, M. [89] Chile K000555231 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tomasini, M.P. [1942] Croatia K000999717 Unknown Type Material Yes
Reynier, A. [s.n.] Italy K000999719 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Chile K000555233 Unknown Type Material Yes
Huter, R.; Porta, P.; Rigo, G. [671] United Kingdom K003537784 No
Fleischer [s.n.] Türkiye K000999755 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baldacci, A. [132] K003537790 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003537786 No
Davis, P.H.; Hedge [D. 31964] Türkiye K000744180 Yes
Mann [603] Equatorial Guinea K000226924 Unknown Type Material Yes
Freyn, A. [721] Türkiye K000744445 No
Puhler, T. [1145] Bulgaria K000999751 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Chile K000555239 Unknown Type Material Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1350] South Africa K000459869 No
Rigo, G. [519] Italy K003537785 No
[illegible] [s.n.] Chile K000555230 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boissier, P.E. [s.n.] Italy K000999718 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mitchell, I. United Kingdom K:SPC-15512.000 No
Gandoger, M. [446] Spain K000999666 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, P.H. [45222] Türkiye K000744779 Yes
Chile K000500713 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wylie, J. [28011] South Africa K000459868 No
Davis, P.H. [47109] Türkiye K000744780 Yes
Davis, P.H. [43873] Türkiye K000744776 Yes
Schimper [556] Ethiopia K000226930 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [556] Ethiopia K000226928 Type Yes
Davis, P.H. [45239] Türkiye K000744778 Yes
Tineo, V. [s.n.] Italy K000999756 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, P.H.; Hedge [D. 30612] Türkiye K000744782 Yes
Samuelsson, G. [4606] Syria K000744629 No
Balansa, B. [s.n.] Türkiye K000999843 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, P.H. [45132] Türkiye K000744187 Yes
Davis, P.H. [45941] Türkiye K000744781 Yes
Groves, H. [s.n.] Italy K003537783 No
Maxted; Ehrmann; Khattab [2276] Syria K003501598 Yes
Davis, P.H.; Polunin, O. [24231] Türkiye K000744249 No
Davis, P.H. [46609] Türkiye K000744783 Yes
Schimper [1280] Ethiopia K000226929 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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

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