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genus

sweetclover
Melilotus (L.) Mill.

kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots »  order Fabales »  family Fabaceae - Legumes »  tribus Trifolieae

Other names

= melilot

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Intertaxon relationships

consumer: Stenopterapion meliloti (W. Kirby, 1808), Tychius crassirostris Kirsch, 1871, Tychius meliloti Stephens, 1831, Tychius squamulatus Gyllenhal, 1835

consumer (larval stage only): Hypera melancholica (Fabricius, 1792), Hypera miles (Paykull, 1792), Hypera postica (Gyllenhal, 1813)

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Included taxa

Number of records: 19

species Melilotus albus Medik. - White Melilot

Melilotus albus

species Melilotus altissimus Thuill. - Tall Melilot

Melilotus altissimus

species Melilotus dentatus (Waldst. & Kit.) Pers.

Melilotus dentatus

species Melilotus elegans Salzm. ex Ser.
species Melilotus hirsutus Lipsky
species Melilotus indicus (L.) All. - Small Melilot

Melilotus indicus

species Melilotus infestus Guss.
species Melilotus italicus (L.) Lam.
species Melilotus macrocarpus Coss. & Durieu
species Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. - Ribbed Melilot

Melilotus officinalis

species Melilotus polonicus (L.) Pall.
species Melilotus segetalis (Brot.) Ser.
species Melilotus serratifolius Täckh. & Boulos
species Melilotus siculus (Turra) Steud. - Mediterranean Melilot

Melilotus siculus

species Melilotus speciosus Durieu
species Melilotus suaveolens Ledeb. - Sweetclover
species Melilotus sulcatus Desf. - Furrowed Melilot

Melilotus sulcatus

species Melilotus tauricus (M. Bieb.) Ser.
species Melilotus wolgicus Poir. - Volga Sweetclover

Links and literature

EN PLANTS Database [MELIL]

PLANTS Database [http://plants.usda.gov]
EN Kew Science - Plants of the World online 2024-05 [325467-2]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online [https://powo.science.kew.org], Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [as Melilotus (L.) Mill.]
Data retrieved on: 1 February 2025
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1349773]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Melilotus (Linnaeus) P. Miller, 1754]
Data retrieved on: 9 December 2019
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