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Melilotus infestus Guss.

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HIGHER TAXON: Trifolieae

GENUS: Melilotus Mill.

Melilotus infestus Guss. [Preferred name]
    Melilotus infesta Guss. {Orthographic variant}
    Melilotus sulcatus ssp. infestus (Guss.)Bonnier & Layens {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Round-fruited Melilot [2443]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [454]; Morocco (N) [454]; Tunisia (N) [454]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]
  Europe
Balearic Is (N) [454, 754]; Corsica (N) [454, 754]; Italy (N) [454, 754, 1883]; Malta (N) [454, 2443]; Portugal (I) [454]; Sicilia (N) [454, 2935]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Mediterranean grasslands. [360];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [360, 754, 2443] ; Distribution Map [2363] ; Illustration [360, 1883, 2363]

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, 1993 Adams BR, 1995 (Europe) Adams BR

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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.

1880.

  Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1883.

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

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

2935.

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

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