Biology:Trifolium tembense

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Fabaceae

Trifolium tembense
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Trifolium
Species:
T. tembense
Binomial name
Trifolium tembense
Fresen.
Synonyms[1]
  • Trifolium goetzenii Taub.
  • Trifolium umbellatum A.Rich.
  • Trifolium umbellulatum A.Rich.

Trifolium tembense, the Tembien clover or African clover, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.[1] A locally important forage species, it thrives in wet areas, often growing in shallow water.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Trifolium tembense Fresen." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/523774-1. 
  2. Heuzé, V.; Thiollet, H.; Tran, G. (7 March 2017). "Tembien clover (Trifolium tembense)". Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/660. "Common names; ... Tembien clover, African clover" 

Wikidata ☰ Q15544493 entry