Accession details
Passport data and everything else
16266
Accession number
16266
Holding institute
Institute code
ETH013
Acquisition Date
January 23, 1989
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Wild
Type of germplasm storage
Seed collection
Curation type
Partly curated
Availability for distribution
Available for distribution
ITPGRFA MLS
Accession is part of the Multi-lateral system of ITPGRFA
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Medicago
Specific epithet
orbicularis — Browse this species at ETH013
Scientific name
Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal.
Crop
forages
Crop name
Forages
Matched GRIN taxon
Current GRIN taxon
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
August 20, 1988
Location of collecting site
Asmara University main campus, Nern edges of the sport field.
Collecting institute name
University of Asmara
Latitude of collecting site
15.3425
Longitude of collecting site
38.9276
Elevation of collecting site
2,331
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 6.3 | 7.5 | 9 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 12 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 6.9 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 14.6 | 15.7 | 17 | 17.8 | 18.6 | 18.7 | 16.9 | 17.1 | 17 | 15.6 | 14.9 | 14.5 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 22.9 | 23.9 | 25.1 | 25.3 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 24 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 22.1 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 1 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 32 | 31 | 148 | 147 | 33 | 13 | 12 | 3 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
16.5
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
14.1
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.7
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
14
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
25.7
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
6.3
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
19.4
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
17
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
14.9
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
18.3
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
14.6
Annual precipitation [mm]
453
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
148
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
1
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
133
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
328
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
6
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
87
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
16
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 7.5 of 10.0. Read about Passport Data Completeness Index
GENUS
120
SPECIES
80
SPAUTHOR
5
SUBTAXA
0
SUBTAUTHOR
0
CROPNAME
45
ACQDATE
10
SAMPSTAT
80
DONORCODE
0
DONORNUMB
0
OTHERNUMB
0
DUPLSITE
30
STORAGE
15
DONORNAME
20
DUPLINSTNAME
0
ACCEURL
40
MLSSTAT
15
ORIGCTY
80
COLLSITE
20
LATITUDE
60
LONGITUDE
60
ELEVATION
20
COLLDATE
30
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
0
COLLSRC
0
ACCENAME
0
COLLNUMB
0
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
20
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:c27f0557-a863-4e67-b85a-2923795186f8
Last updated
September 17, 2025
Created
Date not provided