Melilotus indicus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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[edit]

Melilotus indicus (L.) All., Fl. Pedem. 1: 308 (1785), "indica"

Synonyms[edit]

Basionym
- Trifolium indicum L., Sp. Pl.: 765 (1753).
Homotypic
- Sertula indica (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 205 (1891).
- Trigonella smallii Coulot & Rabaute, Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest. Numero Special 40: 650 (2013), nom. nov.
Heterotypic
- Trifolium melilotus-caeruleum L., Sp. Pl.: 764 (1753). "caerulea"
  - Trigonella melilotus Link, Handbuch 2: 165 (1831).
- Melilotus berardii Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 382 (1787).
- Melilotus laevis Moench, Methodus: 110 (1794).
- Melilotus parviflorus Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 192 (1799).
  - Trifolium parviflorum (Desf.) F.Dietr., Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 10: 157 (1810), nom. illeg.
  - Melilotus melilotus-indicus Asch. & Graebn., Fl. Nordostdeut. Flachl.: 435 (1898).
  - Medicago parviflora (Desf.) E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 9: 125 (1901).
- Melilotus rugulosus Willd., Enum. Pl.: 789 (1809).
  - Trifolium rugulosum (Willd.) F.Dietr., Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 10: 166 (1810).
- Melilotus robinii Raf., Fl. Ludov.: 102 (1817).
- Melilotus boumettii Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn., Suppl.: 84 (1819).
- Trifolium melilotus-parviflorum M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 506 (1819).
- Melilotus minimus Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp.: 361 (1821).
- Melilotus brachystachyus Willd. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 3: 207 (1826).
- Melilotus bonplandii Ten., Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1833: 14 (1833).
  - Melilotus indicus var. bonplandii (Ten.) O.E.Schulz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 715 (1901).
- Melilotus occidentalis Nutt. in J.Torrey & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 321 (1838).
- Melilotus tommasinii Jord., Mém. Acad. Natl. Sci. Lyon, Cl. Sci., sér. 2, 1: 266 (1851).
- Melilotus permixtus Jord., Mém. Acad. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 1: 55 (1852).
  - Melilotus indicus subsp. permixtus (Jord.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 56 (1899).
  - Melilotus indicus var. permixtus (Jord.) P.Fourn., Quatre Fl. France: 549 (1936).
- Melilotus exaltatus Bianca, Atti Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania, ser. 2, 13: 211 (1857).
- Melilotus parviflorus var. rubrocalyx Herder, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1868: 92 (1869).
- Melilotus reticulatus Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 322 (1875).
- Melilotus indicus var. laxiflorus Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 55 (1899).
- Melilotus indicus var. parvulus Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 56 (1899).
- Melilotus neapolitanus var. macrocarpus Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 57 (1899).
- Melilotus indicus var. exaltatus Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 55 (1899).
- Melilotus indicus var. prostrata P.Palau, Treb. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., 7: 55 (1976 publ. 1977).

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain (introduced).
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland (introduced).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States (introduced).
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira (introduced).
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Mauritania, Niger (introduced).
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan (introduced).
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Uganda (introduced).
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Zimbabwe (introduced).
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces (introduced).
- Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean
  - St.Helena (introduced).
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Mauritius, Réunion (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, 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, China Southeast, Tibet.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Ogasawara-shoto (introduced), Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (introduced), West Himalaya.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Myanmar, Thailand.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Jawa (introduced).
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- 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 (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - New Caledonia.
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Easter Islands.
- Regional: North-Central Pacific
  - Hawaii.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Oregon.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - New York, Vermont.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexican Pacific Islands, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America (introduced)
  - Costa Rica, Honduras.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Bermuda.
- 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, Uruguay.

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

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Allioni, C. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii. Tomus primus. 344 pp. Augustae Taurinorum. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
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 physicalisch-öconomischen Gesellschaft 2: [327]–460. Google Books Reference page.

Additional references[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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