Trifolium repens

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Fabales
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. Trifoliastrum
Species: Trifolium repens
Varietates: T. r. subsp. macrorrhizum – T. r. subsp. nevadense – T. r. subsp. ochranthum – T. r. subsp. orphanideum – T. r. subsp. prostratum – T. r. subsp. repens

Name[edit]

Trifolium repens L., Sp. Pl. 2: 767 (1753).

Synonyms[edit]

Homotypic
- Amoria repens (L.) C.Presl, Symb. Bot. 1: 47 (1830).
- Lotodes repens (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 194 (1891).
Heterotypic
- Trifolium repens var. maculatum Neuman, Bot. Not. 1883: 94 (1883).

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces.
- Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean
  - St. Helena.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Réunion.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Jawa.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - Antipodean Islands, Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Pacific
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji.
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Easter Islands.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Aleutian Islands.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - New York, Vermont.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Southwest.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil South.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile North, Juan Fernández Islands, Uruguay.
Continental: Antarctic
- Regional: Subantarctic Islands
  - Amsterdam-St. Paul Islands, Crozet Islands, Falkland Islands, Kerguelen, South Georgia, Tristan da Cunha.
Note: Grey script indicates introduced occurrences.

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

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 767. Reference page.

Additional references[edit]

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
Zohary, M.† & Heller, D. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 606 pp., Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. ISBN 965-208-056-X Reference page.

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Trifolium repens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Trifolium repens. Published online. Accessed: January 13 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Trifolium repens. Accessed: 13 January 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Trifolium repens. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 13. Reference page.

Vernacular names[edit]

Afrikaans: Witklawer
العربية: نفل زاحف, نفل ابيض, نفل أبيض
azərbaycanca: Ağ yonca
башҡортса: Аҡ туҡыранбаш
български: Пълзяща детелина, Бяла детелина
català: Trèvol blanc
kaszëbsczi: Biôłô kòniczëna
čeština: jetel plazivý, jetel bílý plazivý
Cymraeg: Meillionen wen
dansk: Hvid-Kløver, Hvidkløver, Hvid Kløver
Deutsch: Weiß-Klee
dolnoserbski: Běła źiśelina
Ελληνικά: Λευκό τριφύλλι
English: white clover, dutch clover, ladino, ladino clover
español: trébol blanco, carretón, chupamieles, chupón, motas blancas, teble, trebillo, trébol, trebolillo, trebolillo marfuelle, tribulillo, trébol, trébol bravo, trébol de los prados con flor blanca, trébol de prados, trébol manchado, trébol pratense que hace las flores blancas, trébol rastrero, trébol rastrero blanco, trébol silvestre, trébole blanco
eesti: Valge ristik, Amoria repens
euskara: Hirusta zuri
فارسی: شبدر سفید
suomi: Valkoapila
français: Trèfle blanc, Trèfle rampant, Trefle blanc, Trèfle de Hollande
galego: Trevo branco
hornjoserbsce: Běły dźećel
magyar: Fehérhere, Fehér here
íslenska: Hvítsmári
italiano: trifoglio bianco, trifoglio ladino, trifoglio rampicante
日本語: シロツメクサ, クローバー, シロツメクサ, 白詰草, シロツメグサ
ქართული: სამყურა მხოხავი
한국어: 토끼풀, 흰토끼풀
lietuvių: Baltasis dobilas
latviešu: Ložņu āboliņš
norsk bokmål: Hvitkløver, Kvitkløver
Nederlands: Witte klaver
norsk nynorsk: Kvitkløver
norsk: Hvitkløver
Diné bizaad: Tłʼoh waaʼí nahalinígíí
ирон: Тæрхъусгæрдæг
polski: Koniczyna biała, Koniczyna rozesłana
русский: Клевер ползучий, Клевер голландский, Клевер белый, Кашка, Белая кашка
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Bela detelina
slovenčina: ďatelina plazivá
slovenščina: Plazeča detelja
српски / srpski: Бела детелина, Детелина пузећа, Пузећа дјетелина, Пузећа детелина, Бијела дјетелина, Дјетелина бијела, Дјетелина пузећа, Детелина бела
svenska: Vitklöver
Türkçe: Ak üçgül
українська: Конюшина повзуча, Конюшина біла
中文（简体）: 白三叶草
中文（繁體）: 白三葉草
中文（臺灣）: 白三葉草
中文: 白三葉草, 白花三葉草, 白三葉, 菽草,白車軸草, 白三叶, 白三叶草, 白三草, 白車軸草, 菽草, 白花三叶草

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