Melilotus Mill.
Distribution
Doubtfully present in:
Cape Verde
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hainan, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madeira, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Azores, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, California, Chad, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Ecuador, Finland, Florida, Georgia, Great Britain, Hawaii, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Ireland, Jamaica, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kentucky, Kerguelen, Labrador, Louisiana, Magadan, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Niger, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North European Russi, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oregon, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Uganda, Uruguay, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, Western Australia, Wisconsin
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Brachylobus Dulac in Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 279 (1867)
- Melilota Medik. in Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 382 (1787)
- Sertula L. ex Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 205 (1891)
Accepted Species
- Melilotus albus Medik.
- Melilotus altissimus Thuill.
- Melilotus arenarius Grecescu
- Melilotus bicolor Boiss. & Balansa
- Melilotus dentatus (Waldst. & Kit.) Desf.
- Melilotus elegans Salzm. ex Ser.
- Melilotus gorkemii Yıld.
- Melilotus × haussknechtianus O.E.Schulz
- Melilotus hirsutus Lipsky
- Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
- Melilotus infestus Guss.
- Melilotus italicus (L.) Lam.
- Melilotus macrocarpus Coss. & Durieu
- Melilotus neapolitanus Ten.
- Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
- Melilotus polonicus (L.) Pall.
- Melilotus × schoenheitianus Hausskn.
- Melilotus segetalis (Brot.) Ser.
- Melilotus serratifolius Täckh. & Boulos
- Melilotus siculus (Turra) Steud.
- Melilotus speciosus Durieu
- Melilotus suaveolens Ledeb.
- Melilotus sulcatus Desf.
- Melilotus tauricus (M.Bieb.) Ser.
- Melilotus wolgicus Poir.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gard. Dict. abr. ed. 4 (1754).
- O.E. Schulz in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 682–735 (1901).
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Gard. Diet., Abr. ed. 4 (1754)
- O.E. Schulz in E.J. 29: 682–735 (1901)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Legumes of the World Online
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0