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Melilotus messanensis (L.)All.

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HIGHER TAXON: Trifolieae

GENUS: Melilotus Mill.

Melilotus messanensis (L.)All. [Preferred name]
    Melilotus sicula (Turra)B.D.Jacks. {Orthographic variant}
    Melilotus siculus (Turra)B.D.Jacks. {Synonym}
    Trifolium messanense L. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Sicilian Melilot [1862]; Small Sweetclover [1862]; Southern Melilot [2443]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [454]; Egypt (N) [454]; Ethiopia (I) [24]; Libya (N) [454]; Morocco (N) [454]; South Africa (I) [8]; Tunisia (N) [454]
  Asia
Iran (N) [1861]; Iraq (N) [1862]; Pakistan (I) [1938]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]
  Europe
Balearic Is (N) [454, 754]; Corsica (N) [454, 754]; France (N) [454, 754]; Greece (N) [454]; Italy (N) [454, 754, 1883]; Kriti (N) [2306]; Malta (N) [454, 2443]; Portugal (N) [454, 754]; Sardegna (N) [454, 754]; Sicilia (N) [454]; Spain (N) [454, 754, 2196]; Turkey in Europe (N) [454, 754, 1869]; Yugoslavia (N) [454, 754]
  Middle East
Cyprus (N) [454]; East Aegean Is(Greek) (N) [454]; Israel (N) [1862]; Jordan (N) [1862]; Lebanon (N) [1862]; Sinai (N) [454]; Syria (N) [1862]; Turkey in Asia (N) [454]
  South America
Argentina (I) [1140]; Uruguay (I) [1140]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Mediterranean grasslands. [360];
    Mediterranean/Sahara regional transition zone: anthropic landscapes. [368];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 360, 368, 754, 1862, 1869, 1938, 2196] ; Distribution Map [2363] ; Illustration [360, 368, 1862, 1883, 2196]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; 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, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
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

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)

754.

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

1140.

  Burkart, A., 1952
    Acme Agency, Buenos Aires 569 pp Las Leguminosas Argentinas

1861.

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

1862.

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

1869.

  Davis, P.H., 1970
    Flora of Turkey & the East Aegean Islands; Vol. 3.

1880.

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

1883.

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

1938.

  Ali, S.I., 1977
    Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

2196.

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

2306.

  Turland, N.J. et al., 1993
    Flora of the Cretan area

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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