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Taxon:  Trigonella caerulea (L.) Ser.



Summary
Genus:
Trigonella
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40413
Place of publication:
A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 2:181. 1825 "coerulea"
Verified:
06/12/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Trifolium caeruleum L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Melilotus caeruleus (L.) Desr.

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Reference(s)
  1. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource). Note: http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/related/Trigonella_caerulea/
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  3. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
  4. Czerepanov, S. K. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). 1995 Note: Cambridge University Press
  5. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  6. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 Note: Kampong Publications
  7. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 Note: "coerulea"
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  10. Small, E. et al. 1981. The taxonomic value of floral characters in tribe Trigonelleae (Leguminosae), with special reference to Medicago. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1581.
  11. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  12. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
  13. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
  14. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996
Common names
English
blue fenugreek –
sweet trefoil –
Swedish
blåväppling –
Distribution
Naturalized
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Other (origin Mediterranean region)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Food additives
flavoring (especially for cheeses fide Dict Econ Pl; Cornucopia) –


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