Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Fabales > Family Fabaceae > Tribe Trifolieae > Genus Melilotus

Melilotus messanensis (L.) All.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melilotus*	Mill.	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Trifolium messanense*	L.	basionym
*Trifolium messanense*	L.	homotypic synonym
*Melilotus sicula*	(Turra) B. D. Jacks.	orthographic variant
*Melilotus siculus*	(Vitman) B. D. Jacks.	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: melilot sicilià sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

English: Sicilian Melilot; Small Sweetclover; Southern Melilot sources: Townsend, C. C. & Guest, E. - Flora Of Iraq. Vol. 3. Baghdad. 1974.;Haslam, S. M. Et al. - A Flora Of The Maltese Islands 1977.

Portuguese: anafe-dos-salgados

Literature

nomenclatural reference	All., Fl. Pedem. 1. 1785.

Genbank

Citation

ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS). Melilotus messanensis (L.) All.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=FC4AEBFE-21DD-4922-A8E1-B9870FE91DEF

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Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.