Anthyllis vulneraria L.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Anthyllis L.
Tribe: Loteae
References: [801][3213][754][454]

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Common Names:

• Kidney Vetch [1902] [2080]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1991(W Asia)Lock JM & Simpson K
  • 1993 Adams BR
• Further editing:
  • 2001-03 Sokoloff DD
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 2001-03 Sokoloff DD
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Forage [2015]
  
• Medicine [2015]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Algeria [454]
  • Egypt [454]
  • Ethiopia [24]
  • Libya [454]
  • Morocco [454]
  • Tunisia [454]

• Asia [1867] [2015]
  • Iran [1867]
  • USSR [2015]

• Europe [454]
  • Albania [754]
  • Austria-F.E. [754]
  • Balearic Is [754]
  • Belgium-F.E. [754]
  • Bulgaria [754]
  • Corsica [754]
  • Czechoslovakia [754]
  • Denmark [754]
  • Finland [754]
  • Foroyar [754]
  • France-F.E. [754]
  • Germany [754]
  • Great Britain [754]
  • Greece [754]
  • Hungary [754]
  • Iceland [754]
  • Ireland-F.E. [754]
  • Italy-F.E. [754]
  • Kriti [754]
  • Malta [454]
  • Netherlands [754]
  • Norway [754]
  • Poland [754]
  • Portugal [754]
  • Romania [754]
  • Sardegna [754]
  • Sicilia [454]
  • Spain-F.E. [754]
  • Sweden [754]
  • Switzerland [754]
  • Turkey in Europe [754]
  • USSR:B-F.E. [754]
  • USSR:C-F.E. [754]
  • USSR:E-F.E. [754]
  • USSR:K-F.E. [754]
  • USSR:N-F.E. [754]
  • USSR:W-F.E. [754]
  • Yugoslavia [754]

• Middle East [454]
  • East Aegean Is(Greek) [454]
  • Israel-Jordan [454]
  • Lebanon-Syria [454]
  • Turkey in Asia [454]

• Pacific Ocean [2080]
  • New Zealand(South) [2080]

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Notes:

• c.36 subspp.of which 10 in Africa(abyssinica, atlantis, fatmae, fruticans,
  
• iframensis, matris-filiae, maura, rifana, saharae & stenophylloides). [545]
  
• A.vulneraria sensu lato is a complex group of variable and overlapping races. [3224]
  
• Races difficult to recognise as taxa of any level (e.g.species,subspp,vars). [3224]
  
• The subspecific rank is adopted here but other solutions are equally possible. [3224]
  
• Taxon has been recorded from W.Himalaya but specimen was burnt at Berlin. [3224] [3256]
  
• Since no recent material is available the Himalaya record is dubious. [3224]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:16:16