Melilotus indicus

Melilotus indicus, Karataş, Adana, Turkey
Melilotus indicus

Taxonavigation

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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

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Vernacular names

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