Biserrula

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Galegeae
Genus: Biserrula
Species: B. epiglottis – B. pelecinus
Name

Biserrula L., 1753

Type species: Biserrula pelecinus L.

Synonyms

Pelecinus Mill.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Medit. to Ethiopia
Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Western Australia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 762

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Biserrula in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Biserrula. Published online. Accessed: Dec 27 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Biserrula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 27.
Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

Biserrula is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, found in Portugal (including Madeira and Selvagens), the Canary Islands, all the Mediterranean countries, the Arabian peninsula, and in east Africa as far south as Tanzania.[2] Biserrula pelecinus, generally called just "biserrula", is under domestication in Australia as a forage legume.[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

Biserrula epiglottis (L.) Coulot, Rabaute & J.-M.Tison
Biserrula pelecinus L.

References

Sp. Pl.: 762 (1753)
"Biserrula L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
Swinny, E.; Revell, C. K.; Campbell, N.; Spadek, E.; Russo, C. (2015). "In search of photosensitising compounds in the annual forage legume Biserrula pelecinus L". Crop and Pasture Science. 66 (11): 1161. doi:10.1071/CP14342. S2CID 83599349.