Genus

Trifolium (Clovers)

Trifolium microdon. Photo: (c) David Hofmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Clover or trefoil are common names for plants of the genus Trifolium (Latin, tres “three” + folium “leaf”), consisting of about 300 species of plants in the leguminous pea family Fabaceae. A group of clovers is called a cluff. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution; the highest diversity is found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on mountains in the tropics. They are…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Fabales (Legumes, milkworts, and allies)
        Family: Fabaceae (Legumes)
        Subfamily: Faboideae
        Tribe: Trifolieae
        Genus: Trifolium (Clovers)
        Species: Trifolium variegatum (White-tipped clover)
        Species: Trifolium albopurpureum (Rancheria clover)
        Species: Trifolium wormskioldii (Springbank clover)
        Species: Trifolium longipes (Long-stalked clover)
        Species: Trifolium willdenovii (Tomcat clover)
        Species: Trifolium microdon (Thimble clover)
        Species: Trifolium dichotomum (Branched indian clover)
        Species: Trifolium cyathiferum (Bowl clover)
        Species: Trifolium microcephalum (Small-headed clover)
        Species: Trifolium fucatum (Bull clover)
        Species: Trifolium eriocephalum (Woollyhead clover)
        Species: Trifolium obtusiflorum (Clammy clover)
        Species: Trifolium ciliolatum (Tree clover)
        Species: Trifolium depauperatum (Cowbag clover) (1)

Subtaxa

Species: Trifolium variegatum (White-tipped clover)

Species: Trifolium albopurpureum (Rancheria clover)

Species: Trifolium wormskioldii (Springbank clover)

Species: Trifolium longipes (Long-stalked clover)

Species: Trifolium willdenovii (Tomcat clover)

Species: Trifolium microdon (Thimble clover)

Species: Trifolium dichotomum (Branched indian clover)

Species: Trifolium cyathiferum (Bowl clover)

Species: Trifolium microcephalum (Small-headed clover)

Species: Trifolium fucatum (Bull clover)

Species: Trifolium eriocephalum (Woollyhead clover)

Species: Trifolium obtusiflorum (Clammy clover)

Species: Trifolium ciliolatum (Tree clover)

Species: Trifolium depauperatum (Cowbag clover)

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