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Taxon:  Trifolium usambarense Taub.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Vesicastrum
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40395
Place of publication:
H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C:208. 1895
Verified:
03/26/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  2. Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). 2001. The world of clovers 430.
  3. Thulin, M. 1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223.
  4. Troupin, G. 1978-. Flore du Rwanda.
  5. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  6. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium 104.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia s.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo e.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaEquatorial GuineaBioko 
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia (s.)
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (e.), Equatorial Guinea [Bioko], Rwanda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Zambia
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40395. Accessed 9 May 2025.