Trigonella esculenta Willd.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Trigonella L.
Tribe: Trifolieae
References: [454]

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Other names:

• Trigonella corniculata sensu auct. [Misapplied] [454]
  
• Trigonella corniculata (L.)L. Subsp. occidentalis Greuter [Synonym] [454]
  
• Trigonella elatior Smith [Synonym] [454]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1995(Europe)Adams BR
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Algeria [454]

• Europe [454] [1869] [1883] [2309] [2363] [2443]
  • Albania [454]
  • Bulgaria [454] [2309]
  • France [454]
  • Greece [454]
  • Italy [454] [1883]
  • Malta [454] [2443]
  • Sicilia [454]
  • Spain [454] [2363]
  • Turkey in Europe [454] [1869]
  • Yugoslavia [454]

• Middle East [454]
  • East Aegean Is(Greek) [454]
  • Turkey in Asia [454]

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Notes:

• Reported in error for Kriti [2306] [454]
  
• Widely treated under the name Trigonella corniculata in recent literature
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:19:37