Melilotus siculus

Melilotus siculus

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 siculus

Name

Melilotus siculus (Turra) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 121 (1841).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Trifolium siculum Turra, Farsetia: 12 (1765).
• Homotypic
  • Trigonella sicula (Turra) Coulot & Rabaute, Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest. Numero Special 40: 673 (2013)
• Heterotypic
  • Trifolium messanense L., Mant. Pl. 2: 275 (1771).
    • Melilotus messanensis (L.) All., Fl. Pedem. 1: 309 (1785).
    • Melilota messanensis (L.) Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 382 (1787).
    • Sertula messanensis (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 205 (1891).
  • Melilotus striatus Moench, Methodus: 111 (1794).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Sicily, Malta), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, New South Wales, South Australia, Uruguay, Western Australia Doubtfully present in: Iraq References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Steudel, E.Th. 1840–1841. Nomenclator botanicus. Seu: synonymia plantarum universalis, enumerans ordine alphabetico nomina atque synonyma, tum generica tum specifica, et a Linnaeo et a recentioribus de re botanica scriptoribus plantis phanerogamis imposita. Editio secunda ex nova elaborata et aucta. Pars II: Lit. L–Z. 810 pp. Typis et sumptibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgartiae [Stuttgart] et Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Reference page. : 121

Additional references

• Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
• Danihelka, J., Chrtek Jr., J. & Kaplan, Z. 2012. Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia 84(3): 647–811. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Melilotus siculus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Melilotus siculus. Published online. Accessed: Jun 12 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Melilotus siculus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 12.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Melilotus siculus. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Melilotus siculus. Accessed: 12 Jun 2021.

Vernacular names

čeština: komonice sicilská
English: Sicilian Melilot, Small Sweetclover, Southern Melilot
svenska: Marsksötväppling

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