Melilotus

Melilotus albus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida 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: M. albus – M. altissimus – M. arenarius – M. bicolor – M. dentatus – M. elegans – M. gorkemii – M. hirsutus – M. indicus – M. infestus – M. italicus – M. macrocarpus – M. officinalis – M. polonicus – M. segetalis – M. serratifolius – M. siculus – M. speciosus – M. spicatus – M. suaveolens – M. sulcatus – M. tauricus – M. wolgicus

Name

Melilotus Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4: s.p. (1754).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Trifolium sect. Melilotus L.
• Homotypic
  • Trigonella subg. Melilotus (Mill.) Coulot & Rabaute, Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest. Numéro Special 40: 631 (2013).
• Heterotypic
  • Brachylobus Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyr. 279 (1867)
  • Melilota Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 382 (1787).
  • Sertula L. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 205 (1891).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

. Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara. Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira. Regional: West Tropical Africa Liberia, Mauritania, Niger. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces. Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean St.Helena. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius, Réunion. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutskiya. Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Jawa. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand Chatham Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia. Regional: South-Central Pacific Easter Islands. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador, Newfoundland. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. New York, Vermont. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee. Regional: Mexico Mexican Pacific Islands, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Honduras. Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil Southeast, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Paraguay, Uruguay. Continental: Antarctic ⧼'''Regional: Subantarctic Islands'''⧽ ⧼Kerguelen.⧽ References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Miller, P. 1754. The Gardeners Dictionary. containing the methods of cultivating and improving all sorts of trees, plants, and flowers, for the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure gardens, as also those which are used in medicine : with directions for the culture of vineyards, and making of wine in England. In which likewise are included the practical parts of husbandry. Abridged. Ed. 4, Vol. 1–3 (unpaged). John & James Rivington, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.79061 Reference page. : 44046441.
• Medikus, F.K. 1787. Versuch einer neuen Lehrart die Pflanzen nach zwei Methoden zugleich, nehmlich nach der künstlichen und natürlischen, zu ordnen, durch ein Beispiel einer natürlichen Familie erörtert [Neue methode bei Pflanzen zu ordnen] (vorgelesen den 17 May 1786). Vorlesungen der Churpfälzischen Physikalisch-Öconomischen Gesellschaft 2: [327]–460. Google Books Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.) 1968. Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. xxvii + 455 pp, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), ISBN 0-521-06662-X. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Melilotus 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. Published online. Accessed: Jun 12 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Melilotus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jun 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Melilotus. 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. Accessed: 12 Jun 2021. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• العربية: حندقوق
• azərbaycanca: Xəşənbül
• беларуская: Баркун
• čeština: Komonice
• чӑвашла: Илепер
• dansk: Stenkløver
• Deutsch: Steinklee
• English: Melilot
• eesti: Mesikas
• euskara: Itsabalki
• فارسی: ملیلتوس
• suomi: Mesikät
• français: Mélilot
• עברית: דבשה
• hornjoserbsce: Komonc
• magyar: Somkóró
• հայերեն: Իշառվույտ
• italiano: Meliloto
• 日本語: シナガワハギ属
• ქართული: ძიძო
• қазақша: Түйежоңышқа
• lietuvių: Barkūnas
• latviešu: Amoliņš
• norsk nynorsk: Steinkløverslekta
• norsk: Steinkløverslekten
• polski: Nostrzyk
• русский: Донник
• slovenčina: Komonica
• српски / srpski: Звездан
• svenska: Sötväpplingssläktet
• Türkçe: Taş yoncası
• українська: Буркун
• Tiếng Việt: Chi Nhãn hương
• 中文: 草木犀属

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