Trifolium semipilosum
Close-up of leaf, found in Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Trifolium
Species:
T. semipilosum
Binomial name
Trifolium semipilosum
Synonyms[1]

Trifolium brunellii Chiov. ex Fiori

Trifolium semipilosum, the Kenya clover or Kenya white clover, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Yemen, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe, and has been introduced to Saint Helena.[1] It is a close wild relative of the important forage crop Trifolium repens (white clover).[2][3]

Subtaxa

The following varieties are accepted:[1]

  • Trifolium semipilosum var. brunellii Thulin – Ethiopia
  • Trifolium semipilosum var. glabrescens J.B.Gillett – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe
  • Trifolium semipilosum var. intermedium Thulin – Ethiopia
  • Trifolium semipilosum var. semipilosum - Yemen, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi, and introduced to Zimbabwe and Saint Helena

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Trifolium semipilosum Fresen". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  2. ↑ Hanson, Jean; Ellis, Richard (2020). "Progress and Challenges in Ex Situ Conservation of Forage Germplasm: Grasses, Herbaceous Legumes and Fodder Trees". Plants. 9 (4): 446. doi:10.3390/plants9040446. PMC 7238044. PMID 32252434.
  3. ↑ Lukjanová, Eliška; Řepková, Jana (2021). "Chromosome and Genome Diversity in the Genus Trifolium (Fabaceae)". Plants. 10 (11): 2518. doi:10.3390/plants10112518. PMC 8621578. PMID 34834880.


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