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Taxon:  Melilotus sulcatus Desf.



Summary
Genus:
Melilotus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
24020
Place of publication:
Fl. atlant. 2:193. 1799 "sulcata"
Verified:
08/25/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
40 (40  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Melilotus neapolitanus Ten.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976-
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Eriksson, O. et al. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2. 1979
  5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  6. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  7. Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. 2004 http://www.gobcan.es/cmayot/interreg/atlantico/documentos/LESDCanarias.pdf
  8. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. 1931-1941
  9. Mouterde, P. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. 1966-
  10. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  12. Pottier-Alapetite, G. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones. 1979-1981
  13. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963
  14. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  15. Sales, F. & I. C. Hedge. 1993. Melilotus Miller (Leguminosae): typification and nomenclature. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 51:174. http://www.rjb.csic.es/jardinbotanico/jardin/index.php?Cab=112&SubCab=217&len=en&Pag=219
  16. Smythies, B. E. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882. 1984-1986
  17. Stace, C. New flora of the British Isles. 1995
  18. Stevenson, G. A. 1969. An agronomic and taxonomic review of the genus Melilotus Mill.. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 49:14.
  19. Täckholm, V. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2. 1974
  20. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  21. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
Common names
English
furrowed melilot –
grooved melilot –
French
mélilote des moissons –
German
gefurchter Steinklee –
Portuguese
anafa –
Portuguese (Brazil)
meliloto-sulcado –
Spanish
trébol amarillo –
trébol real de olor –
Swedish
ribbsötväppling –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Egypt, Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, ******, Lebanon, Syria (w.), Turkey (w.)
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (s., e., & Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal (s.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Weed


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