Melilotus

Contains 3 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Melilotus Mill.
FABACEAE
SWEETCLOVER
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Classification
FABALES
Melilotus
Citation
MELILOTUS Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754.
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TYPE: Mililotus officinalis (Linnaeus) Medikus (Trifolium officinale Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 352. 1913.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Melilotus albus WHITE SWEETCLOVER Not Native
Melilotus indicus INDIAN SWEETCLOVER; ANNUAL YELLOW SWEETCLOVER Not Native FACU (NWPL)
Melilotus officinalis YELLOW SWEETCLOVER Not Native FACU (NWPL)
[Family identification key]
1.  Corolla white; fruit 3-5 mm long, veins tending to form irregular reticulation
M. albus
1.  Corolla yellow; fruit 2-5 mm long
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2.  Corolla 1.5-3 mm long; fruit 2-3 mm long, reticulate-veined
M. indicus
2.  Corolla 4-7 mm long; fruit 3-5 mm long, transverse-rugose with elongate areolae
M. officinalis
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Brachylobus Brachylobus Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 279. 1867, non Link 1831. TYPE: Brachylobus officinalis (Lamarck) Dulac 1867. (Melilotus officinalis Lamarck 1779.) = Melilotus Miller 1754.
Melilota Melilota Medikus, Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Okon. Ges. 2: 382. 1787. TYPE: Melilota messanense (Linnaeus) Medikus (Trifolium Messanense Linnaeus)
Sertula Sertula Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 205. 1891. TYPE: Sertula indica (Linnaeus) Kuntze (Trifolium indicum Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Cowan, Taxon 8: 60. 1959.