Melilotus indicus

Melilotus indicus, Karataş, Adana, Turkey

Melilotus indicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Trifolieae
Genus: Melilotus
Species: Melilotus indicus

Name

Melilotus indicus (L.) All., 1785

Synonyms

Medicago parviflora (Desf.) E.H.L.Krause in Sturm, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 2, 9: 125 (1901)
Melilotus berardii Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges., 2: 382 (1787)
Melilotus bonplandii Ten., Index Sem. Hort. Neapol (1833): 14 (1833)
Melilotus boumetii Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafit., Suppl.: 84 (1819)
Melilotus brachystachyus Willd. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 3, 16: 207 (1826)
Melilotus diffusus Trevir., Del. Sem. Hort. Bonn. (1832)
Melilotus exaltatus Bianca, Giorn. Gab. Lett. Accad. Gionia, ser. 2, 13: 211 (1857)
Melilotus indicus subsp. permixtus (Jord.) Rouy, Fl. France 5: 56 (1899)
Melilotus indicus var. bonplandii (Ten.) O.E.Schulz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst., 29: 715 (1901)
Melilotus indicus var. exaltatus Biv. ex Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 55 (1899)
Melilotus indicus var. laxiflorus Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 55 (1899)
Melilotus indicus var. parvulus Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 56 (1899)
Melilotus indicus var. permixtus (Jord.) P.Fourn., Quatre Fl. Fr.: 549 (1936)
Melilotus indicus var. prostrata P.Palau, Treb. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., 7: 55 1976 (1977)
Melilotus laevis Moench, Meth.: 110 (1794)
Melilotus melilotus-indicus (L.) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl., 6(2): 461 (1907)
Melilotus occidentalis Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Am. 1: 321 (1838)
Melilotus parviflorus Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 192 (1799)
Melilotus permixtus Jord., Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. ser. 2, 1: 266 (1851)
Melilotus reticulatus Pomel, Notul. Mat. Fl. Atl.: 322 (1874)
Melilotus robinii Raf., Fl. Ludovic.: 102 (1817)
Melilotus rugulosus Willd.
Melilotus tommasinii Jord., Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. ser. 2, 1: 266 (1851)
Sertula indica (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 205 (1891)
Trifolium indicum L., Sp. Pl.: 765 (1753)
Trifolium melilotus L.
Trifolium melilotus-parviflorum M.Bieb.
Trifolium rugulosum (Willd.) Dennst.
Trigonella melilotus (L.) Link, Handb. 2: 165 (1831)
Trigonella smallii Coulot & Rabaute, Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest. Numero Special 40: 650 (2013), nom. nov

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara
Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Central Asia
  - Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Turkey
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Thailand.
Introduced into:
- Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baltic States, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chad, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, Easter Is., Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Honduras, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Madeira, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Namibia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niger, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oregon, Peru, Queensland, Réunion, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Switzerland, Tasmania, Texas, Uganda, Uruguay, Vermont, Victoria, Western Australia, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Allioni, C. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii. Tomus primus. 344 pp. Augustae Taurinorum. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 308, "indica"

Additional references

Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Melilotus indicus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Melilotus indicus. Published online. Accessed: Jun 12 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Melilotus indicus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jun 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Melilotus indicus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 12. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Melilotus indicus. Accessed: 12 Jun 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melilotus indicus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Small Melilot
suomi: Intianmesikkä
Türkçe: Küçük taş yoncası

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