Melilotus sulcatus in Genus Melilotus

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Internal ID	UUID643fd96b076e1973707071
Scientific name	Melilotus sulcatus
Authority	Desf.
First published in	Fl. Atlant.2: 193 (1799)

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Melilotus sulcatus, also known as the furrowed melilot or Mediterranean sweetclover, is a type of plant in the pea family, Fabaceae or Papilionaceae. It can be found in Southern Europe and is an annual plant that typically grows between 10 and 40 cm tall. The stem leaves of this plant have grooves and it produces small flowers that bloom from June to August. The pods of Melilotus sulcatus are 3-3.5mm long and have distinct bowline veins.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Melilotus compactus	Salzm. ex Guss.	Fl. Sicul. Prodr.2: 485 (1828)
Melilotus sulcatus subsp. aschersonii	(O.E.Schulz) P.Fourn.	Quatre Fl. France: 548 (1936)
Melilotus sulcata	Desf.
Melilotus longifolius	Ten.	Fl. Napol.1(Prodr.): XLIII (1812)
Melilotus laevis	Moench	Methodus: 110 (1794)
Medicago sulcata	(Desf.) E.H.L.Krause	J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 9: 124 (1901)
Sertula sulcata	(Desf.) Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl.1: 205 (1891)
Trigonella sulcata	(Desf.) Coulot & Rabaute	Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest. Numero Special40: 677 (2013)
Melilotus indicus var. prostratus	P.Palau	Treb. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat.7: 55 (1976 publ. 1977)
Melilotus sulcatus f. diffusus	O.E.Schulz	Bot. Jahrb. Syst.27: 723 (1901)
Melilotus sulcatus f. humilis	Rouy	G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France5: 60 (1899)
Melilotus sulcatus f. latifolius	(Willk.) O.E.Schulz	Bot. Jahrb. Syst.27: 723 (1901)
Melilotus sulcatus f. simplex	O.E.Schulz	Bot. Jahrb. Syst.27: 723 (1901)
Melilotus sulcatus var. angustifolius	Lange	M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan.3: 375 (1877)
Melilotus sulcatus var. compactus	(Salzm. ex Guss.) Coss.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France22: 57 (1875)
Melilotus sulcatus var. latifolius	Lange	M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan.3: 375 (1878)
Melilotus sulcatus var. latifolius	Willk.	M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan.3: 375 (1877)
Melilotus sulcatus var. libanoticus	Ser.	A.P.de Candolle, Prodr.2: 189 (1825)
Melilotus sulcatus var. longiracemosus	Rouy	G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France5: 60 (1899)
Melilotus sulcatus var. major	Cambess.	Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat.14: 289 (1827)
Melilotus sulcatus var. mauritanicus	Rouy	G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France5: 60 (1899)
Melilotus sulcatus var. procerior	Guss.	Enum. Pl. Inarim.: 83 (1854)
Melilotus sulcatus prol. aschersonii	O.E.Schulz	Bot. Jahrb. Syst.27: 722 (1901)
Melilotus sulcatus prol. libanoticus	(Ser.) O.E.Schulz	Bot. Jahrb. Syst.27: 722 (1901)
Trifolium mauritanicum	Willd.	Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 3: 1354 (1802)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	furrowed melilot
English	mediterranean sweetclover
Czech	komonice brázditá
Welsh	yr wydro rychog
Finnish	uurremesikkä
Hebrew	דבשה חרוצה
Swedish	ribbsötväppling
Turkish	akdeniz taş yoncası

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- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya
- Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands
  - Madeira
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria
  - Egypt
  - Libya
  - Morocco
  - Tunisia
  - Western Sahara

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- Western Asia
  - Cyprus
  - East Aegean Islands
  - Lebanon-Syria
  - Palestine
  - Sinai
  - Turkey

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- Middle Europe
  - Belgium
  - Czechoslovakia
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania
  - Greece
  - Italy
  - Kriti
  - Sicilia
  - Turkey-in-Europe
  - Yugoslavia
- Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares
  - Corse
  - France
  - Portugal
  - Sardegna
  - Spain

Pacific click to expand
- Southwestern Pacific
  - New Caledonia

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000185398
USDA Plants	MESU2
Tropicos	13035875
INPN	107967
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:507047-1
The Plant List	ild-31620
Open Tree Of Life	368370
Observations.org	146630
NCBI Taxonomy	861159
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000014321
Nature Serve	2.140677
IPNI	507047-1
iNaturalist	165290
GBIF	2971112
EPPO	MEUSU
EOL	703301
USDA GRIN	24020
Wikipedia	Melilotus_sulcatus

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Ecological and Syntaxonomic Analysis of the Communities of Glebionis coronaria and G. discolor (Malvion neglectae) in the European Mediterranean Area

Cano E, Cano-Ortiz A, Quinto Canas R, Piñar Fuentes JC, Rodrigues Meireles C, Raposo M, Pinto Gomes C, Laface VL, Spampinato G, Musarella CM

Plants (Basel)

20-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10934477
doi:	10.3390/plants13050568
PMID:	38475415

Road Impact on Plant Colonization in the Arid Timanfaya National Park

Bernardos M, Cornejo NS, Torres Hassan AD, Cabrera R, Arévalo JR

Plants (Basel)

13-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10610428
doi:	10.3390/plants12203568
PMID:	37896031

Effects of Weed Control Practices on Plant Diversity in a Homogenous Olive-Dominated Landscape (South-East of Italy)

Terzi M, Barca E, Cazzato E, D’Amico FS, Lasorella C, Fracchiolla M

Plants (Basel)

29-May-2021

PMCID:	PMC8228655
doi:	10.3390/plants10061090
PMID:	34072310

Beyond food and medicine, but necessary for life, too: other folk plant uses in several territories of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands

Gras A, Garnatje T, Bonet MÀ, Carrió E, Mayans M, Parada M, Rigat M, Vallès J

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

17-Jun-2016

PMCID:	PMC4912702
doi:	10.1186/s13002-016-0097-8
PMID:	27316670

Phylogenetic Properties of 50 Nuclear Loci in Medicago (Leguminosae) Generated Using Multiplexed Sequence Capture and Next-Generation Sequencing

de Sousa F, Bertrand YJ, Nylinder S, Oxelman B, Eriksson JS, Pfeil BE

PLoS One

17-Oct-2014

PMCID:	PMC4201463
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0109704
PMID:	25329401

Reactive oxygen species scavenging activity of flavone glycosides from Melilotus neapolitana.

Fiorentino A, D'Abrosca B, Pacifico S, Golino A, Mastellone C, Oriano P, Monaco P

Molecules

28-Feb-2007

PMCID:	PMC6149392
doi:	10.3390/12020263
PMID:	17846577

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one	5378597	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O	464.40	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149392/
5,7-Dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one	5462193	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O	448.40	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149392/
5,7-Dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one	12313332	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	594.50	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149392/
Astragalin	5282102	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O	448.40	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149392/
Isoquercetin	5280804	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O	464.40	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149392/
Isorhamnetin 3-galactoside	13245586	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O	478.40	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149392/
isorhamnetin 3-O-glucoside	5318645	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O	478.40	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149392/
Isorhamnetin 3-robinobioside	6223069	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)OC)O)O)O)O)O)O	624.50	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149392/
Kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside	5318767	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	594.50	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149392/
Narcissin	5481663	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)OC)O)O)O)O)O)O	624.50	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149392/
Rutin	5280805	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	610.50	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149392/
Vitamin P	5293655	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	610.50	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149392/
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
Kaempferol 3-O-rutinoside 7-O-glucoside	21676298	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C6=CC=C(C=C6)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	756.70	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149392/
Kaempferol 3-robinoside 7-glucoside	13942396	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C6=CC=C(C=C6)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	756.70	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149392/

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Melilotus sulcatus

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