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Anthyllis hermanniae subsp. melitensis
(Maltese Yellow Kidney Vetch) |
Anthyllis hermanniae subsp. melitensis (FABACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Anthyllis hermanniae subsp. melitensisBrullo & Giusso
Published in L., Sp. Pl. 720 (1753) |
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : |
Fabaceae
Lindl. (=Leguminosae) (The Pea Family)
106 species from the Fabaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Maltese Yellow Kidney Vetch, Maltese Shrubby Kidney Vetch |
Maltese name(s) : |
Ħatba s-sewda ta' Malta, Ħatba s-safra ta' Malta |
Status for Malta : |
Endemic. Occurs only on the Maltese islands |
Frequency : |
Very Common Common Frequent Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct |
Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: CHAMEOPHYTE ( dwarf or small woody shrubs )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Not legally protected till the last update of this website (25/Sep/2021) |
Red List (1989) : |
Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands |
Flowering Time : |
April – June |
Colour of Flowers: |
Yellow |
Name Derivation : |
Anthyllis:
hermanniae subsp. melitensis:
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Remarks : |
The scientists Salvatore Brullo and Gianpetro Giusso del Galdo have studied and compared many morphological features of several specimens of Anthyllis hermanniae s.l. in the Mediterranean region. Results showed that the Maltese population has significant different characters from the rest. As a result they concluded that the Maltese specimens corresponds to a new subspecies and consequently have described the taxon - Anthyllis hermanniae subsp. melitensis . This was published in 2006 and currently this species is considered as an endemic to the Maltese Islands. The study have actually split the taxon into 7 subspecies, most being strict endemics and reckognized the species Anthyllis hystrix from the Balaeric Islands. |
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Description, Habitat and Distribution | |
Habitat in Europe: |
Species endemic to the Maltese Islands, not found in the rest of Europe | |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. | |
Botanical Description: |
Shrub up to 50 cm, with tortuous, woody branches, the ends of the branches becoming spiny. Leaves simple or 3-foliolate; leaflets oblong-spathulate or oblong-obovate, sericeous above, strongly so beneath. Flowers solitary or in axillary fascicles of up to 3 flowers, forming an interrupted raceme. Calyx 3-5 mm, tubular, the teeth triangular, much shorter than the sparsely sericeous tube. Corolla yellow. Seed 1. | |
Distributional range: |
Mediterranean region. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018): |
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, the Balaeric Islands, Corse, Crete, Greece, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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? AE(G) Al Co Cr Gr It Ju Sa Si(M S) Tu(A E) |
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Atlas Flora Europaea
GBIF Distribution map
