Melilot

Melilot

:"This article is about the genus of grassland plants. For the moshav, see Mlilot."Taxobox
name = Sweet Clover


image_width = 250 px
image_caption = "Melilotus officnalis"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Faboideae
tribus = Trifolieae
genus = "Melilotus"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

Melilot ("Melilotus"), also known as Sweet Clover, is a genus in the family Fabaceae. Members are known as common grassland plants and as weeds of cultivated ground. Originally from Europe and Asia, it is now found worldwide.

"Melilotus" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including case-bearers of the genus "Coleophora" including "C. frischella" and "C. trifolii".

Blue Melilot ("Trigonella caerulea") is not a member of the genus, despite the name.

Species

"Melilotus albus" "Melilotus altissimus" "Melilotus dentatus" "Melilotus elegans" "Melilotus hirsutus" "Melilotus indicus" "Melilotus infestus" "Melilotus italicus" "Melilotus macrocarpus" "Melilotus messanensis" "Melilotus neapolitanus" "Melilotus officinalis" "Melilotus polonicus" "Melilotus segetalis" "Melilotus serratifolius" "Melilotus speciosus" "Melilotus suaveolens" "Melilotus sulcatus" "Melilotus tauricus" "Melilotus wolgicus"Ref: [http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb ILDIS] as of November 2005


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  • melilot — noun Etymology: Middle English mellilot, from Old French melilot, from Latin melilotos, from Greek melilōtos, from meli honey + lōtos clover, lotus more at mellifluous Date: 14th century sweet clover; especially a yellow flowered sweet clover… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • mélilot — (mé li lo ; le t ne se prononce et ne se lie jamais) s. m. Genre de plantes indigènes de la famille des légumineuses. HISTORIQUE    XVIe s. •   Huile de camomille et melilot, PARÉ V, 12. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Lat. melilotus ; en grec, l un des termes… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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