Trifolium tomentosum

Life-forms

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. Vesicastrum
Species: Trifolium tomentosum
Name

Trifolium tomentosum L., 1753
Synonyms

Amoria tomentosa (L.) Roskov, Bot. Zhurn., 75(5): 720 (1990)
Galearia tomentosa (L.) C.Presl, Symb. Bot. 1: 50 (1830)
Trifolium curvisepalum Täckh., Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 26: 373 (1932)
Trifolium hebraeum Bobrov, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyss. Rast. 6: 259 (1947)
Trifolium pantocsekii Gand., Contrib. Fl. Terr. Slav. Merid.: 8 (1883)
Trifolium rectiusculum Gand., Contrib. Fl. Terr. Slav. Merid.: 8 (1883)
Trifolium resupinatum subsp. tomentosum (L.) Gibelli & Belli, Mém. Reale Ac. Sci. Tor. ser. 2, 41: 163 (1891)
Trifolium tomentosum subvar. minus Gibelli & Belli, Mém. Accad. Sci. Torino, Ser. 2, 41: 18 (1890)
Trifolium tomentosum var. chthonocephalum Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 31(2): 204 (1914)
Trifolium tomentosum var. curvisepalum (Täckh.) J.Thiébaut, Fl. Lib.-Syr. 2: 28 (1940)
Trifolium tomentosum var. lanatum Zohary, Israel J. Bot. 19: 328 (1970)
Trifolium tomentosum var. minus (Gibelli & Belli) Rouy, Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 5: 94 (1899)
Trifolium tomentosum var. orientale Bornm., Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 48: 581 (1898)
Trifolium tomentosum var. pedunculatum Nábelek, Publ. Fac. Sci. Univ. Masaryk Brno, 35: 71 (1923)
Trifolium tomentosum var. philistaeum Zohary, Israel J. Bot. 19: 329 (1970)
Trifolium visianii Gand., Contrib. Fl. Terr. Slav. Merid.: 8 (1883)
Xerosphaera tomentosa (L.) Soják, Cas. Nár. Muz. (Prague), 154(1): 35 1985 (1986)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia
Regional: Macaronesia
Azores, Canary Is., Madeira
Continental: Europe
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Western Asia
Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Turkey
Introduced into:
Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, India, Japan, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Queensland, Victoria, West Himalaya, Western Australia

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

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 771. Reference page.

Additional references

Authier, P. & Covillot, J. 2011. Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce). Saussurea 41: 131–170. Full issue PDF; 19 MB Reference page.
Bergmeier, E., Blockeel, T.L., Böhling, N., Fournaraki, C., Gotsiou, P., Jahn, R., Lansdown, R. & Turland, N.J. 2011. An inventory of the vascular plants and bryophytes of Gavdopoula island (S Aegean, Greece) and its phytogeographical significance. Willdenowia 41(19: 179–189. DOI: 10.3372/wi.41.41121 Open access Reference page.
Zohary, M. & Heller, D. 1984. The genus Trifolium. Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. ISBN 965-208-056-X Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Trifolium tomentosum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Trifolium tomentosum. Published online. Accessed: Jun 20 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Trifolium tomentosum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 20.
Hassler, M. 2021. Trifolium tomentosum. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 20. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Trifolium tomentosum. Accessed: 20 Jun 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Trifolium tomentosum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 28-Oct-07.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Filz-Klee
English: woolly clover
suomi: Nukka-apila
日本語: フウセンツメクサ
Türkçe: Yünlü üçgül