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Melilotus elegans Ser.

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HIGHER TAXON: Trifolieae

GENUS: Melilotus Mill.

Melilotus elegans Ser. [Preferred name]
    Melilotus abyssinica Baker {Orthographic variant}
    Melilotus abyssinicus Baker {Synonym}
    Melilotus lippoldiana Lowe {Orthographic variant}
    Melilotus lippoldianus Lowe {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Elegant Melilot [2443]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [454]; Cape Verde (U) [8]; Egypt (N) [454]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Madeira (N) [2159]; Morocco (N) [454]; Tunisia (N) [454]
  Asia
Iran (U) [1867]
  Europe
Albania (N) [454, 754]; Balearic Is (N) [454, 754]; Corsica (N) [454, 754]; France (N) [454, 754]; Italy (N) [454, 754, 1883]; Malta (N) [454, 2443]; Portugal (N) [454, 754]; Sardegna (N) [454, 754]; Sicilia (N) [454]; Spain (N) [454, 754, 2196]; Yugoslavia (N) [454, 754]
  Middle East
Israel-Jordan (N) [454]; Turkey in Asia (N) [454]; Yemen (U) [1896]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane (upland) anthropic landscapes [24];
    Mediterranean grasslands. [360];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 360, 754, 2196] ; Distribution Map [2363] ; Illustration [24, 360, 1883, 2196]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D, 2005-06 Roskov YR ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1991 (W Asia) Lock JM & Simpson K, 1993 Adams BR, 1995 (Europe) Adams BR

  
USES:
  Domestic [1862]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

360.

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

454.

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

754.

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

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.

1883.

  Pignatti, S., 1982
    Flora Italica. Edagicole, Bologna.

1896.

  Simpson, K.A., 1989
    Specimen in Herb. Kew.

2159.

  Wiersema, J.H. et al., 1990
    Legume Nomenclature USDA Germplasm Sys. USDA Tech. Bull.1757

2196.

  Dominguez, E., 1987
    Pap.in Flora Vasc.de Andalucia Occ. Ketres,Barcelona

2363.

  Bolos, O.de & Vigo, J., 1984
    Flora dels Paisos Catalans Vol.1

2443.

  Haslam, S.M. et al., 1977
    A Flora of the Maltese Islands
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