Melilotus albus

Melilotus albus, Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
Melilotus albus

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:

Name

Melilotus albus Medik., 1787

Synonyms

  • Medicago alba (Medik.) E.H.L.Krause, Sturm, Fl. Deutschland, ed. 2, 9: 128 (1901)
  • Melilotus albus subsp. parviflorus (Boiss.) O.E.Schulz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst., 29(5): 696 (1901)
  • Melilotus albus var. annuus H.S.Coe, J. Amer. Soc. Agron., 9: 380 (1918)
  • Melilotus albus var. argutus (Rchb.) Rouy, Fl. Fr., 5: 55 (1899)
  • Melilotus angulatus Hort. ex Trautv., Bull. Sc. Acad. Petersb. 8: 270 (1841)
  • Melilotus arboreus Ser., DC., Prodr., 2: 187 (1825)
  • Melilotus argutus Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 499 (1832)
  • Melilotus giganteus Hort. ex Trautv., Bull. Acad. Sc. Petersb. 8: 270 (1841)
  • Melilotus kotschyi O.E.Schulz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst., 29(5): 699 (1901)
  • Melilotus leucanthus Koch ex DC., Fl. Fr. Suppl. 564 (1815)
  • Melilotus melanospermus Besser ex Ser., DC. Prod. 2: 186 (1825)
  • Melilotus officinalis subsp. albus (Medik.) H.Ohashi & Tateishi, Sci. Rep. Tohoku Univ., Ser. 4, 38(4): 319 (1984)
  • Melilotus rugulosus Hort. ex Trautv., Bull. Sc. Acad. Petersb. 8: 270 (1841)
  • Melilotus strictus Hort. ex Trautv., Bull. Sc. Acad. Petersb. 8: 270 (1841)
  • Melilotus tenellus Wallr., Beitr. Fl. Hercyn. 247 (1840)
  • Melilotus urbanii O.E.Schulz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst., 29(5): 706 (1901)
  • Melilotus vulgaris Willd., Enum. Hort Berol. 790 (1809)
  • Sertula alba (Medik.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 205 (1891)
  • Sertula alba (Medik.) Lunell, Am. Midl. Nat., 4: 426 (1916), comb. superfl.
  • Trifolium album (Medik.) Loisel., Fl. Gall. ed. I. 479 (1807), non Crantz (1769), nec Lam. (1779)
  • Trifolium melilotus-officinalis L., Sp. Pl., 2: 765 (1753)
  • Trifolium vulgare Hayne, Schrad., Neues J. Bot., 2: 336 (1807)
  • Trigonella alba (Medik.) Coulot & Rabaute, Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest. Numero Special 40: 631 (2013)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Egypt, Libya
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe
  • Continental: Eurasia
    • Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia
  • Introduced into:
    • Alabama, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bahamas, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, Great Britain, Illinois, India, Irkutsk, Jamaica, Japan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Madeira, Mauritius, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Mexico, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North European Russia, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Sakhalin, South Australia, Sweden, Tasmania, Tennessee, Tuva, Uruguay, Vermont, Victoria, Western Australia, Yakutskiya

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

  • العربية: حندقوق أبيض
  • català: Melilot blanc
  • kaszëbsczi: Biôłi miodownik
  • čeština: Komonice bílá
  • Cymraeg: Yr wydro wen
  • dansk: Hvid Stenkløver
  • Deutsch: Weißer Steinklee
  • English: White Melilot
  • español: Meliloto blanco
  • eesti: Valge mesikas
  • euskara: Itsabalki zuri
  • فارسی: ملیلتوس آلبوس
  • suomi: Valkomesikkä
  • français: Mélilot blanc
  • hornjoserbsce: Běły komonc
  • magyar: Fehér somkóró
  • lietuvių: Baltažiedis barkūnas
  • norsk bokmål: Hvitsteinkløver
  • Nederlands: Witte honingklaver
  • norsk: Hvitsteinkløver
  • Diné bizaad: Tłʼoh waaʼítsoh
  • polski: Nostrzyk biały
  • پنجابی: سینجی
  • русский: Донник белый
  • slovenčina: Komonica biela
  • svenska: Vit sötväppling
  • Türkçe: Beyaz çiçekli taş yoncası
  • 中文(简体): 白花草木樨
  • 中文(繁體): 白花草木樨
  • 中文(臺灣): 白花草木樨
  • 中文: 白花草木樨
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