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Internal ID UUID643fdf2173f43503133224
Scientific name Trifolium occidentale
Authority Coombe
First published in Watsonia5: 70 (1961)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Amoria occidentalis (Coombe) Soják Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír.148: 78 (1979 publ. 1980)
Trifolium repens subsp. occidentale (Coombe) M.Laínz Comun. I. N. L. A. , Sér. Recurs. Nat.2: 6 (1974)
Trifolium repens f. maritimum Corb. Nouv. Fl. Normandie: 162 (1894)

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Language Common/alternative name
English western clover
Welsh meillionen y gorllewin
French trefle de l'ouest
French trèfle de l'ouest

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  • Europe
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000213987
Tropicos 13040336
INPN 127411
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:523462-1
Open Tree Of Life 592375
Observations.org 136221
NCBI Taxonomy 74524
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003254
IPNI 523462-1
GBIF 5358761
Freebase /m/0j9q4xl
EPPO TRFRP
USDA GRIN 40308
Wikipedia Trifolium_occidentale

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_964059555.1 drTriOcci1.hap1.1 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2024-06-06 55 551.04 Mb

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Haplotype-Resolved, Chromosome-Level Assembly of White Clover (Trifolium repens L., Fabaceae) Santangelo JS, Battlay P, Hendrickson BT, Kuo WH, Olsen KM, Kooyers NJ, Johnson MT, Hodgins KA, Ness RW Genome Biol Evol 05-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10433932
doi:10.1093/gbe/evad146
PMID:37542471
Outlier analyses and genome-wide association study identify glgC and ERD6-like 4 as candidate genes for foliar water-soluble carbohydrate accumulation in Trifolium repens Pearson SM, Griffiths AG, Maclean P, Larking AC, Hong SW, Jauregui R, Miller P, McKenzie CM, Lockhart PJ, Tate JA, Ford JL, Faville MJ Front Plant Sci 09-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9868827
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.1095359
PMID:36699852
Editorial: Interspecific hybridization in plant biology Tao D, Kalendar R, Paterson AH Front Plant Sci 05-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9483199
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.1026492
PMID:36131802
Genome-Wide Identification, Characterization, and Expression Profiling Analysis of SPL Gene Family during the Inflorescence Development in Trifolium repens Ma J, Nie G, Yang Z, Ma S, Fan J, Hu R, Wu F, Zhang X Genes (Basel) 18-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9140761
doi:10.3390/genes13050900
PMID:35627286
Introgression of Trifolium ambiguum Into Allotetraploid White Clover (Trifolium repens) Using the Ancestral Parent Trifolium occidentale as a Bridging Species Ullah I, Ansari HA, Verry IM, Hussain SW, Ellison NW, McManus MT, Williams WM Front Plant Sci 18-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8971954
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.858714
PMID:35371143
Chromosome and Genome Diversity in the Genus Trifolium (Fabaceae) Lukjanová E, Řepková J Plants (Basel) 19-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8621578
doi:10.3390/plants10112518
PMID:34834880
Variation in Ribosomal DNA in the Genus Trifolium (Fabaceae) Vozárová R, Macková E, Vlk D, Řepková J Plants (Basel) 25-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8465422
doi:10.3390/plants10091771
PMID:34579303
Prospects for Trifolium Improvement Through Germplasm Characterisation and Pre-breeding in New Zealand and Beyond Egan LM, Hofmann RW, Ghamkhar K, Hoyos-Villegas V Front Plant Sci 16-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8242581
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.653191
PMID:34220882
Pedigree analysis of pre-breeding efforts in Trifolium spp. germplasm in New Zealand Egan LM, Hofmann RW, Seguin P, Ghamkhar K, Hoyos-Villegas V BMC Genet 14-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7489199
doi:10.1186/s12863-020-00912-9
PMID:32928105
A Eurasia-wide polyploid species complex involving 6x Trifolium ambiguum, 2x T. occidentale and 4x T. repens produces interspecific hybrids with significance for clover breeding Williams WM, Verry IM, Ansari HA, Hussain SW, Ullah I, Ellison NW BMC Plant Biol 22-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC6805371
doi:10.1186/s12870-019-2030-5
PMID:31640569
Looking Over Allopolyploid Clover Jennifer M Plant Cell 10-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6635855
doi:10.1105/tpc.19.00401
PMID:31123047
Breaking Free: The Genomics of Allopolyploidy-Facilitated Niche Expansion in White Clover Griffiths AG, Moraga R, Tausen M, Gupta V, Bilton TP, Campbell MA, Ashby R, Nagy I, Khan A, Larking A, Anderson C, Franzmayr B, Hancock K, Scott A, Ellison NW, Cox MP, Asp T, Mailund T, Schierup MH, Andersen SU Plant Cell 25-Apr-2019
PMCID:PMC6635854
doi:10.1105/tpc.18.00606
PMID:31023841
Proanthocyanidin accumulation and transcriptional responses in the seed coat of cranberry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) with different susceptibility to postharvest darkening Freixas Coutin JA, Munholland S, Silva A, Subedi S, Lukens L, Crosby WL, Pauls KP, Bozzo GG BMC Plant Biol 25-May-2017
PMCID:PMC5445279
doi:10.1186/s12870-017-1037-z
PMID:28545577
Genetic transformation of western clover (Trifolium occidentale D. E. Coombe.) as a model for functional genomics and transgene introgression in clonal pasture legume species Richardson KA, Maher DA, Jones CS, Bryan G Plant Methods 10-Jul-2013
PMCID:PMC3716983
doi:10.1186/1746-4811-9-25
PMID:23841995
Expression of the R2R3-MYB Transcription Factor TaMYB14 from Trifolium arvense Activates Proanthocyanidin Biosynthesis in the Legumes Trifolium repens and Medicago sativa Hancock KR, Collette V, Fraser K, Greig M, Xue H, Richardson K, Jones C, Rasmussen S Plant Physiol 07-May-2012
PMCID:PMC3387705
doi:10.1104/pp.112.195420
PMID:22566493

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