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Anagyris foetida L.

HIGHER TAXON: Thermopsideae

GENUS: Anagyris L.

Anagyris foetida L. [Preferred name]

VERNACULAR NAME:
	Bean Clover [1862]; Bean Trefoil [1862]; Mediterranean Stinkbush [1862]; Stinking Wood [1862]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Algeria (N) [526]; Libya (N) [368]; Morocco (N) [526]; Tunisia (N) [526]
Asia: Iran (N) [1861]; Iraq (N) [368]
Europe: Albania (N) [454, 754]; Balearic Is (N) [754]; Corsica (N) [754]; France (N) [754]; Greece (N) [454, 754]; Italy (N) [454, 754]; Kriti (N) [754]; Malta (N) [454]; Portugal (N) [454, 754]; Sardegna (N) [754]; Sicilia (N) [454, 2935]; Spain (N) [754]; Turkey in Europe (N) [754]; Yugoslavia (N) [454, 754]
Indian Ocean: Mauritius (I) [1915, 3052]
Middle East: Cyprus (N) [368]; East Aegean Is(Greek) (N) [454]; Israel (N) [1862]; Jordan (N) [1862]; Lebanon (N) [1862]; Saudi Arabia (N) [1900]; Sinai (N) [454]; Syria (N) [368]; Turkey in Asia (N) [368]; Yemen (N) [2001]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [360, 368, 526, 754, 1859, 1861, 1862, 1867] ; Illustration [368, 526, 531, 1859, 1861, 1862]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub [3052] ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1991 (W Asia) Lock JM & Simpson K, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Adams BR, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

USES:
	Environmental [1862]; Medicine [1862, 2001]; Toxins [360, 1862]

NOTES:
  the gardens, Maritius. [1915]
  Native to Southern Europe. [3052]


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)

526.		Maire, R. (Quezel, P., Ed.), 1987
		Flore de l'Afrique du Nord,Vol.16.Dicots.Leguminosae,part.

531.		Polunin, O. & Huxley, A., 1965
		Flowers of the Mediterranean. Chatto & Windus,London.

754.		Heywood, V.H. & Ball, P.W., 1968
		Leguminosae.In:Flora Europaea Vol.2.ed.Tutin,T.G.et al.

1859.		Collenette, 1985
		Flowers of Saudi Arabia

1861.		Rechinger, K.H., 1984
		Flora Iranica. 157: Papilionaceae II.

1862.		Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E., 1974
		Flora of Iraq. Vol.3. Baghdad.

1867.		Parsa, A., 1948
		Flore de l'Iran. Vol.2. Teheran: Imprimerie Mazaheri.

1900.		Migahid, A.M., 1978
		Flora of Saudi Arabia. Ed.2, Vol.1

1915.		Polhill, R, M., 1990
		Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

2001.		Browicz, K., 1978
		Arboretum Koruickie 23:5-30. Geographic distrib of some shru

2935.		Raimondo, F.M. & Schicchi, R., 1998
		Il popolamento vegetale della riserva naturale dello Zingaro

3052.		Bojer, W., 1837
		Hortus Mauritianus ou Enumeration des Plants...l'ile Maurice