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Hippocrepis areolata Desv.

HIGHER TAXON: Loteae

GENUS: Hippocrepis L.

Hippocrepis areolata Desv. [Preferred name]
Hippocrepis bicontorta Loisel. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Algeria (N) [454]; Egypt (N) [454]; Libya (N) [454]; Morocco (N) [454]; Tunisia (N) [454]
Middle East: Israel (N) [454]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Mediterranean/Sahara regional transition zone: anthropic landscapes. [454];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [360, 368] ; Distribution Map [458] ; Illustration [360, 368, 455]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-03 Sokoloff DD & Kramina TE ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

360.		Quezel, P. & Santa, S., 1962
		Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie et des regions desertiq.merid.1

368.		Jafri, S.M.N., 1980
		Fabaceae.In:Flora of Libya,Pt.86.Jaffri & El Gadi

454.		Greuter, W. et al. (Eds.), 1989
		Med-Checklist Vol.4 (published)

455.		Tackholm, V., 1956
		Students'Flora of Egypt. Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop, Cairo.

458.		Dominguez, E., 1976
		Lagascalia 5:225-261.Rev.de las esp.anuales del..Hippocrepis