Melilotus siculus

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

Melilotus siculus (Turra) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 121 (1841).

Basionym
- Trifolium siculum Turra, Farsetia: 12 (1765).
Homotypic
- Trigonella sicula (Turra) Coulot & Rabaute, Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest. Numero Special 40: 673 (2013)
Heterotypic
- Trifolium messanense L., Mant. Pl. 2: 275 (1771).
  - Melilotus messanensis (L.) All., Fl. Pedem. 1: 309 (1785).
  - Melilota messanensis (L.) Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 382 (1787).
  - Sertula messanensis (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 205 (1891).
- Melilotus striatus Moench, Methodus: 111 (1794).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Sicily, Malta), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Eritrea.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
Introduced into:
- Argentina Northeast, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, New South Wales, South Australia, Uruguay, Western Australia
- Doubtfully present in:
- Iraq

Steudel, E. 1840. Nomenclator botanicus. Seu: synonymia plantarum universalis, enumerans ordine alphabetico nomina atque synonyma, tum generica tum specifica, et a Linnaeo et a recentioribus de re botanica scriptoribus plantis phanerogamis imposita. Editio secunda ex nova elaborata et aucta. Pars II: Lit. L–Z. 810 pp. Typis et sumptibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgartiae [Stuttgart] et Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Reference page. : 121
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.

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Danihelka, J., Chrtek Jr., J. & Kaplan, Z. 2012. Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia 84(3): 647–811. PDF Reference page.

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Hassler, M. 2021. Melilotus siculus. 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 siculus. Accessed: 12 Jun 2021.

čeština: komonice sicilská
English: Sicilian Melilot, Small Sweetclover, Southern Melilot
svenska: Marsksötväppling

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