Melilotus indicus

Melilotus indicus, Karataş, Adana, Turkey

Melilotus indicus

Taxonavigation

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: Melilotus
Species: Melilotus indicus

Name

Melilotus indicus (L.) All., Fl. Pedem. 1: 308 (1785), "indica"

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Trifolium indicum L., Sp. Pl.: 765 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Sertula indica (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 205 (1891).
  • Trigonella smallii Coulot & Rabaute, Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest. Numero Special 40: 650 (2013), nom. nov.
• Heterotypic
  • Trifolium melilotus-caeruleum L., Sp. Pl.: 764 (1753). "caerulea"
    • Trigonella melilotus Link, Handbuch 2: 165 (1831).
  • Melilotus berardii Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 382 (1787).
  • Melilotus laevis Moench, Methodus: 110 (1794).
  • Melilotus parviflorus Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 192 (1799).
    • Trifolium parviflorum (Desf.) F.Dietr., Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 10: 157 (1810), nom. illeg.
    • Melilotus melilotus-indicus Asch. & Graebn., Fl. Nordostdeut. Flachl.: 435 (1898).
    • Medicago parviflora (Desf.) E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 9: 125 (1901).
  • Melilotus rugulosus Willd., Enum. Pl.: 789 (1809).
    • Trifolium rugulosum (Willd.) F.Dietr., Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 10: 166 (1810).
  • Melilotus robinii Raf., Fl. Ludov.: 102 (1817).
  • Melilotus boumettii Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn., Suppl.: 84 (1819).
  • Trifolium melilotus-parviflorum M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 506 (1819).
  • Melilotus minimus Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp.: 361 (1821).
  • Melilotus brachystachyus Willd. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 3: 207 (1826).
  • Melilotus bonplandii Ten., Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1833: 14 (1833).
    • Melilotus indicus var. bonplandii (Ten.) O.E.Schulz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 715 (1901).
  • Melilotus occidentalis Nutt. in J.Torrey & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 321 (1838).
  • Melilotus tommasinii Jord., Mém. Acad. Natl. Sci. Lyon, Cl. Sci., sér. 2, 1: 266 (1851).
  • Melilotus permixtus Jord., Mém. Acad. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 1: 55 (1852).
    • Melilotus indicus subsp. permixtus (Jord.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 56 (1899).
    • Melilotus indicus var. permixtus (Jord.) P.Fourn., Quatre Fl. France: 549 (1936).
  • Melilotus exaltatus Bianca, Atti Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania, ser. 2, 13: 211 (1857).
  • Melilotus parviflorus var. rubrocalyx Herder, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1868: 92 (1869).
  • Melilotus reticulatus Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 322 (1875).
  • Melilotus indicus var. laxiflorus Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 55 (1899).
  • Melilotus indicus var. parvulus Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 56 (1899).
  • Melilotus neapolitanus var. macrocarpus Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 57 (1899).
  • Melilotus indicus var. exaltatus Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 55 (1899).
  • Melilotus indicus var. prostrata P.Palau, Treb. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., 7: 55 (1976 publ. 1977).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain (introduced). Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland (introduced). Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Baltic States (introduced). Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara. Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira (introduced). Regional: West Tropical Africa Mauritania, Niger (introduced). Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan (introduced). Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Uganda (introduced). Regional: South Tropical Africa Zimbabwe (introduced). Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces (introduced). Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean St.Helena (introduced). Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius, Réunion (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast, Tibet. Regional: Eastern Asia Ogasawara-shoto (introduced), Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (introduced), West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Myanmar, Thailand. Regional: Malesia Jawa (introduced). Continental: Australasia (introduced) Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand Chatham Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific (introduced) Regional: Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia. Regional: South-Central Pacific Easter Islands. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Oregon. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. New York, Vermont. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina. Regional: Mexico Mexican Pacific Islands, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America (introduced) Costa Rica, Honduras. Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Bermuda. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil Southeast, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Uruguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Allioni, C. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii. Tomus primus. 344 pp. Augustae Taurinorum. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Medikus, F.K. 1787. Versuch einer neuen Lehrart die Pflanzen nach zwei Methoden zugleich, nehmlich nach der künstlichen und natürlischen, zu ordnen, durch ein Beispiel einer natürlichen Familie erörtert [Neue methode bei Pflanzen zu ordnen] (vorgelesen den 17 May 1786). Vorlesungen der Churpfälzischen physicalisch-öconomischen Gesellschaft 2: [327]–460. Google Books Reference page. 

Additional references

• Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
• Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
• Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Melilotus indicus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Melilotus indicus. Published online. Accessed: Jun 12 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Melilotus indicus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jun 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Melilotus indicus. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Melilotus indicus. Accessed: 12 Jun 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melilotus indicus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Small Melilot
suomi: Intianmesikkä
Türkçe: Küçük taş yoncası

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