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Trifolium L.

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Trifolium L., Sp. Pl. 764-773 (1753)
Trifolium L.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
764-773
ICN
Trifolium L.
genus
Trifolium

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Trifolium

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Trifolium L.

Annual to perennial, procumbent to erect herbs. Lvs palmately or pinnately 3-foliolate (rarely 5-9-foliolate, but not in N.Z. spp.); principal lateral veins terminating at leaflet margin often in a tooth; stipules adnate to petiole. Infls axillary or terminal, racemose, umbellate, or spicate, few- to many-flowered (if many-flowered then fls usually forming dense heads); bracts present, 0, or reduced to glandular hairs. Calyx teeth 5, usually subequal or the lower longer. Corolla usually persistent after flowering. Vexillary filament free, the others united into a sheath split adaxially; anthers uniform. Style glabrous; stigma capitate or hooked. Pod 2-valved, ± straight, usually indehiscent, very rarely dehiscent, not armed, 1-2-(10)-seeded; seeds estrophiolate, smooth and rounded.

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Trifolium L.
Trifolium L.
Trifolium L.
Trifolium L.
Trifolium
Trifolium L.

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Trifolium L.
Fiji
Trifolium L.
Nepal
Trifolium L.
New Zealand
Trifolium L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Trifolium L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Trifolium L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Trifolium L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Trifolium L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Trifolium L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Trifolium L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Trifolium L.
United Kingdom

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16f251b1-8f89-416d-a808-457108606ec3
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
5 September 2008
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