Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Trifolium africanum Ser..

Trifolium africanum Ser.

HIGHER TAXON: Trifolieae

GENUS: Trifolium L.

Trifolium africanum Ser. [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane grassland [566];
    Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; grassland. [566];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [566] ; Illustration [566]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D, 2005-06 Roskov YR ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

USES:
	Forage [567]

NOTES:
  Zohary & Heller (1984. ref.566) sink var.glabellum into var. africanum. []


BIBLIOGRAPHY:

566.		Zohary, M. & Heller, D., 1984
		The Genus Trifolium. Jerusalem.

567.		Gillett, J.B., 1952
		Kew Bull.7:367-404. Trifolium in Africa