New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Melilotus

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Last Modified 02/15/2013

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Nomenclature

Melilotus Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 876. 1754.

List of Melilotus Species

Melilotus albus Melilotus altissimus Melilotus indicus Melilotus officinalis Melilotus sulcatus

References to Melilotus

  • Akhalkatsi, M. et.al. 1999. Structural aspects of ovule and seed development and nonrandom abortion in Melilotus officinalis (Fabaceae). Protoplasma 208: 211-223.
  • Brown, W. T. et.al. 2001. Volunteer monitoring of nonindigenous invasive plant species in the Adirondack Park, New York, USA. Natural Areas Journal 21: 189-196.
  • Dickson, T. L. et.al. 2010. Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweetclover) causes large changes in community and ecosystem processes in both the presence and absence of a cover crop. Biological Invasions 12: 65-76.
  • Faensen, T. A. 1992. The ecology of Melilotus alba L. 3. The life cycle. Flora 186: 377-391. (In German)
  • Hirsch, A. M. et.al. 2002. Inflorescence and flower development in wild-type and sid mutant Melilotus alba, white sweetclover. Canad. J. Bot. 80: 732-740.
  • Jha, S. S.; Pandey, A. K. 1989. Seed coat structure in Melilotus Fabaceae. Phytomorphology 39: 221-230.
  • Mansfeld, R. 1939. Zur Nomenklatur der Farn- und Blutenpflanzen Deutschlands. V. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 46: 286-309.
  • Myers, J. A. et.al. 2004. Seed dispersal by white-tailed deer: implications for long-distance dispersal, invasion, and migration of plants in eastern North America. Oecologia 139: 35-44.
  • Small, E. 1989. Polythetic generic seperation in tribe Trifolieae subtribe Trigonellinae Leguninosae. Canad. J. Bot. 67: 1480-1492.