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Melilotus elegans

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Scientific Literature
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Internal ID UUID643fded97f0c0991617775
Scientific name Melilotus elegans
Authority Salzm. ex Ser.
First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr.2: 188 (1825)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Melilotus abyssinicus Baker D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr.2: 53 (1871)
Melilotus lippoldianus Lowe Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc.8: 292 (1856)
Melilotus abyssinica Baker
Melilotus lippoldiana Lowe
Melilotus pertusianus Gennari Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino, ser. 2, 17: 460 (1858)
Melilotus collinus Guss. Fl. Sicul. Prodr., Suppl.: 230 (1843)
Melilotus barcinonensis Sennen Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat.11: 189 (1912)
Sertula elegans (Salzm. ex Ser.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl.1: 205 (1891)
Trigonella elegans (Salzm. ex Ser.) Coulot & Rabaute Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest. Numero Special40: 659 (2013)
Melilotus elegans var. lippoldianus (Lowe) Menezes Fl. Madeira: 45 (1914)
Melilotus elegans var. barcinonensis (Sennen & Pau) P.Monts. Collect. Bot. (Barcelona)5: 62 (1956)

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Language Common/alternative name
English elegant sweetclover
Arabic قَفَل
Turkish zarif taş yoncası

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Cape Verde
      • Madeira
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Djibouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
  • Asia-temperate
    • Western Asia
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Palestine
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000212816
Canadensys 5839
USDA Plants MEEL
Tropicos 13035784
INPN 107905
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506936-1
The Plant List ild-7889
Open Tree Of Life 3928588
Observations.org 124250
NCBI Taxonomy 1632797
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200002631
Nature Serve 2.129947
IPNI 506936-1
iNaturalist 165288
GBIF 2971036
EPPO MEUEL
EOL 703241
Elurikkus 344589
USDA GRIN 23997
Wikipedia Melilotus_elegans

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
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
Potential Benefits of Antiviral African Medicinal Plants in the Management of Viral Infections: Systematic Review Beressa TB, Deyno S, Mtewa AG, Aidah N, Tuyiringire N, Lukubye B, Weisheit A, Tolo CU, Ogwang PE Front Pharmacol 24-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8740180
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.682794
PMID:35002686
Investigating In Vitro Antibacterial Activities of Medicinal Plants Having Folkloric Repute in Ethiopian Traditional Medicine Sisay M, Bussa N, Gashaw T, Mengistu G J Evid Based Integr Med 10-Nov-2019
PMCID:PMC6851602
doi:10.1177/2515690X19886276
PMID:31707813
African Herbal Remedies with Antioxidant Activity: A Potential Resource Base for Wound Treatment Gulumian M, Yahaya ES, Steenkamp V Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 22-Nov-2018
PMCID:PMC6282146
doi:10.1155/2018/4089541
PMID:30595712
Isolation and Identification of the Five Novel Flavonoids from Genipa americana Leaves Silva LM, Alves JS, da Silva Siqueira EM, de Souza Neto MA, Abreu LS, Tavares JF, Porto DL, de Santis Ferreira L, Demarque DP, Lopes NP, Aragão CF, Zucolotto SM Molecules 02-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6222654
doi:10.3390/molecules23102521
PMID:30279336
Genetic variation and diversity in 199 Melilotus accessions based on a combination of 5 DNA sequences Zhang H, Wu F, Guo W, Bai R, Yan Z, Muvunyi BP, Yan Q, Zhang Y, Yi X, Zhang J PLoS One 13-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5849350
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0194172
PMID:29534094
N-butanol Extract from Melilotus Suaveolens Ledeb Affects Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines and Mediators Zhao L, Tao JY, Zhang SL, Jin F, Pang R, Dong JH Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 14-Nov-2007
PMCID:PMC2816390
doi:10.1093/ecam/nem165
PMID:18955281

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