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The genus Trifolium is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Trifolium

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Trifolium abyssinicum D.Heller	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium acaule A.Rich.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium acutiflorum Murb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium affine C.Presl	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium africanum Ser.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium aintabense Boiss. & Hausskn.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium albopurpureum Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium alexandrinum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium alpestre L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium alpinum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium amabile Kunth	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium ambiguum M.Bieb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium andersonii A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium andinum Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium angulatum Waldst. & Kit.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium angustifolium L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium ankaratrense Bosser	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium antucoensis D.Heller	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium apertum Bobrov	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium argutum Sol.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium arvense L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium attenuatum Greene	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium aureum Pollich	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium baccarinii Chiov.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium badium Schreb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium barbeyi Gibelli & Belli	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium barbigerum Torr.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium barnebyi (Isely) Dorn & Lichvar	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium beckwithii S.Watson	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium bejariense Moric.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium berytheum Boiss. & Blanche	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium biebersteinii Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium bifidum A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium bilineatum Fresen.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium bithynicum Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium bivonae Guss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium bobrovii Khalilov	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium bocconei Savi	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium boissieri Guss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium bolanderi A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium bonanni PRESL	Accepted		TRO
Trifolium bordzilowskyi Grossh.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium brachycalycinum (Katzn. & Morley) Katzn.	Accepted		TRO
Trifolium brandegei S.Watson	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium breweri S.Watson	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium brutium Ten.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium buckwestiorum Isely	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium bullatum Boiss. & Hausskn.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium burchellianum Ser.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium calcaricum J.L.Collins & Wieboldt	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium campestre Schreb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium canescens Willd.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium carolinianum Michx.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium caucasicum Tausch	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium cernuum Brot.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium cheranganiense J.B.Gillett	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium cherleri L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium chilaloense Thulin	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium chilense Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium ciliolatum Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium cinctum DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium clusii Godr. & Gren.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium clypeatum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium congestum Guss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium constantinopolitanum Ser.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium cryptopodium A.Rich.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium cyathiferum Lindl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium dalmaticum Vis.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium dasyphyllum Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium dasyurum C.Presl	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium decorum Chiov.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium depauperatum Desv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium dichotomum Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium dichroanthum Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium diffusum Ehrh.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium dolopium Gibelli & Belli	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium douglasii House	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium dubium Sibth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium echinatum M.Bieb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium elgonense J.B.Gillett	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium elizabethae Grossh.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium eriocephalum Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium eriosphaerum Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium erubescens Fenzl	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium eximium DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium foliosum Miniaev	Accepted		TRO
Trifolium fontanum Bobrov	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium fragiferum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium friscanum (S.L. Welsh) S.L. Welsh	Accepted		TRO
Trifolium fucatum Lindl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium gemellum Willd.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium gillettianum Jacq.-Fel.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium glanduliferum Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium globosum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium glomeratum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium gordejevii (Kom.) Z.Wei	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium gracilentum Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium grandiflorum Schreb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium gymnocarpon Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium haussknechtii Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium haydenii Porter	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium heldreichianum Hausskn.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium hirtum All.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium howellii S.Watson	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium hybridum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium incarnatum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium infamia-ponertii Greuter	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium isthmocarpum Brot.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium juliani Batt.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium kingii S.Watson	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium lanceolatum (J.B.Gillett) J.B.Gillett	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium lappaceum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium latifolium (Hook.) Greene	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium latinum Sebast.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium leibergii A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium lemmonii S.Watson	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium leucanthum M.Bieb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium ligusticum Loisel.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium longifoliolum (Hemsl.) House	Accepted		TRO
Trifolium longipes Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium lucanicum Guss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium lugardii Bullock	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium lupinaster L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium macraei Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium macrocephalum (Pursh) Poir.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium masaiense J.B.Gillett	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium mattirolianum Chiov.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium mazanderanicum Rech.f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium medium L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium michelianum Savi	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium micranthum Viv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium microcephalum Pursh	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium microdon Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium miegeanum Maire	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium minutissimum D.Heller & Zohary	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium monanthum A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium montanum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium mucronatum Spreng.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium multinerve A.Rich.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium mutabile Port.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium nanum Torr.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium nigrescens Viv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium noricum Wulfen	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium obscurum Savi	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium obtusiflorum Hook.f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium ochroleucon Huds.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium oliganthum Steud.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium ornithopodioides (L.) Sm.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium owyheense Gilkey	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium palaestinum Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium pallescens Schreb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium pallidum Waldst. & Kit.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium pannonicum Jacq.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium parnassii Boiss. & Spruner	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium parryi A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium patens Schreb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium patulum Tausch	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium pauciflorum d'Urv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium phleoides Willd.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium physanthum Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium physodes M.Bieb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium pichisermollii J.B.Gillett	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium pignantii Fauche & Chaub.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium pilczii Adamovic	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium pilulare Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium pinetorum Greene	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium plebeium Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium plumosum Hook.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium polymorphum Poir.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium polyodon Greene	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium polyphyllum (C.A.Mey.) Latsch.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium polystachyum Fresen.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium pratense L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium pseudostriatum Baker f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium purpureum Loisel.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium purseglovei J.B.Gillett	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium quartinianum A.Rich.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium raddeanum Trautv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium radicosum Boiss. & Hohen.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium reflexum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium repens L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium resupinatum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium retusum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium riograndense Burkart	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium rubens L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium rueppellianum Fresen.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium rusbyi Greene	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium salmoneum Mouterde	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium saxatile All.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium scabrum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium schimperi A.Rich.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium scutatum Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium sebastiani Savi	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium semipilosum Fresen.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium seravschanicum Bobrov	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium setiferum Boiss.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium simense Fresen.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium sintenisii Freyn	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium siskiyouense J.M.Gillett	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium somalense Taub.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium spadiceum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium spananthum Thulin	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium spryginii Belyaeva & Siplivinskii	Accepted		TRO
Trifolium spumosum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium squamosum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium squarrosum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium stellatum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium steudneri Schweinf.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium stipulaceum Thunb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium stoloniferum Muhl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium stolzii Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium striatum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium strictum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium subterraneum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium suffocatum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium sylvaticum Gerard	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium talyschense Chalilov	Accepted		TRO
Trifolium tastetii (Pau) Font Quer	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium tembense Fresen.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium tenuifolium Ten.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium thalii Vill.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium thompsonii C.V.Morton	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium tomentosum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium triaristatum Colla	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium trichocalyx A.Heller	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium trichocephalum M.Bieb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium trichopterum Pancic	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium tumens M.Bieb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium tunetanum Murb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium ukingense Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium uniflorum L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium usambarense Taub.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium variegatum Torr. & A.Gray	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium vavilovii Eig	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium velebiticum Degen	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium velenovskyi Vandas	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium vernum Phil.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium vesiculosum Savi	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium vestitum D.Heller & Zohary	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium virginicum Small & Vail	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium wentzelianum Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium wettsteinii Dorfl. & Hayek	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium wigginsii J.M.Gillett	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium willdenovii Spreng.	Accepted		ILDIS
Trifolium wormskioldii Lehm.	Accepted		ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 1,006 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Trifolium. Of these 245 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 377 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Trifolium. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 1,006 species names for the genus Trifolium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	245	24.4%
◕	Synonym	411	40.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	350	34.8%

All names

The status of the 1,383 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Trifolium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	360	26.0%
◕	Synonym	669	48.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	354	25.6%

Of these names,

• 9 are recorded as a spelling variant

A further 8 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 1,006 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Trifolium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	235	378	0	0	613	60.9%
	Medium confidence	7	31	0	0	38	3.8%
	Low confidence	3	2	0	350	355	35.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Trifolium, are as follows: