Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Ononis mitissima L..

Ononis mitissima L.

HIGHER TAXON: Trifolieae

GENUS: Ononis L.

Ononis mitissima L. [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Algeria (N) [454]; Canary Is (N) [1862]; Egypt (N) [454]; Madeira (N) [1862]; Morocco (N) [454]; Tunisia (N) [454]
Asia: Iraq (N) [1862]
Europe: Balearic Is (N) [754]; Corsica (N) [754]; France (N) [754]; Greece (N) [754]; Italy (N) [754]; Kriti (N) [754]; Malta (N) [454]; Portugal (N) [754]; Sardegna (N) [754]; Sicilia (N) [454, 2935]; Spain (N) [754]; Turkey in Europe (N) [754]; Yugoslavia (N) [754]
Middle East: Cyprus (N) [454]; East Aegean Is(Greek) (N) [454]; Israel-Jordan (N) [454]; Lebanon-Syria (N) [454]; Turkey in Asia (N) [454]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Mediterranean bushland & thicket [360];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [360, 455, 456, 754, 1862, 1869] ; Illustration [456, 1862]

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

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)

455.		Tackholm, V., 1956
		Students'Flora of Egypt. Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop, Cairo.

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.

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.

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