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:

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  • 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 Open access Reference page. 

Additional references

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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