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Trifolium rueppellianum Fresen.

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GENUS: Trifolium L.

Trifolium rueppellianum Fresen. [Preferred name]
    Trifolium preussii Baker f. {Synonym}
    Trifolium rueppellianum var. preussii (Baker f.)J.B.Gillett {Synonym}
    Trifolium subrotundum sensu auct., p.p. {Misapplied}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Cameroon (N) [567]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [567]; Ethiopia (N) [567]; Kenya (N) [567]; Malawi (I) [8]; Nigeria (N) [8]; Sudan (N) [567]; Tanzania (N) [567]; Uganda (N) [567]; Zaire (N) [567]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane (upland) anthropic landscapes [210];
    Afromontane (upland) shrubland ('moorland'). [210];
    Afromontane grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 261, 467, 566] ; Illustration [24, 566, 567]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb [261] ; Lifespan: Annual, Perennial [261] ; 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, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
NOTES:
  Native to Tropical Africa. [1915]
  Tried on Mauritius in the 19th century. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

467.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1953
    Flore Du Congo Belge 4. Genisteae,Sophoreae.

566.

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

567.

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

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a
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