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Melilotus sulcatus Desf.

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HIGHER TAXON: Trifolieae

GENUS: Melilotus Mill.

Melilotus sulcatus Desf. [Preferred name]
    Melilotus compactus Guss. {Synonym}
    Melilotus sulcata Desf. {Orthographic variant}
    Melilotus sulcatus ssp. aschersonii (O.E.Schulz)P.Fourn. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Furrowed Melilot [2183]; Gefurchter Honigklee [2205]; Mediterranean Melilot [2443]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [454]; Canary Is (N) [2159]; Egypt (N) [454]; Kenya (I) [8]; Libya (N) [454]; Madeira (N) [2159]; Morocco (N) [454]; Tunisia (N) [454]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]
  Europe
Albania (N) [454, 754]; Balearic Is (N) [454, 754]; Corsica (N) [454, 754]; France (N) [454, 754]; Great Britain (I) [2183]; Greece (N) [454, 754]; Italy (N) [454, 754, 1883]; Kriti (N) [454, 754, 2306]; Malta (N) [454, 2443]; Portugal (N) [454, 754]; Sardegna (N) [454, 754]; Sicilia (N) [454, 2935]; 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-Jordan (N) [454]; Lebanon (N) [2159]; Sinai (N) [454]; Syria (N) [2159]; Turkey in Asia (N) [454]
  North America
United States (I) [1431]

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

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [360, 368, 456, 754, 1869, 2196] ; Distribution Map [2363] ; Illustration [360, 368, 456, 1883, 2196]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-10 von Raab-Straube E - Ed.scr.German Names ; 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 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1993 Adams BR, 1995 (Europe) Adams BR

  
USES:
  Forage [456]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

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)

456.

  Negre, R., 1961
    Petite flore des regions arides du Maroc occidentale.1.CNRS.

754.

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

1431.

  List Based Record, 1986
    U.S. Soil Conservation Service

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.

2159.

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

2183.

  Stace, C., 1991
    New Flora of the British Isles.Cambridge Univ.Press

2196.

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

2205.

  Hess, H.E. et al., 0
    Flora Der Schweiz,Band 2. Birkhauser.

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

2935.

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