Fabaceae |
Hymenocarpus circinnatu |
Hymenocarpus circinnatu |
Hymenocarpus SAVI |
H. circinnatus (L.) Savi, F1. Pis. 2:205 (1798). Syn: Medicago circinnata L., Sp. P1.: 778 (1753). Ic: Reichb., Ic. FL Germ. 22: t. 128 (1903). Figure 12, p. 473. Sparsely hairy annual, 10-35 cm. Lower leaves simple, upper with two to three pairs of leaflets. Umbels 2-6-flowered. Calyx with setaceous teeth. Corolla yellow to orange. Fruit reniform, 12-25 mm across, with a membraneous sub-entire to strongly dentate wing. Fl. 3-5. Disturbed ground in macchie and in Pinus forests, s.l-1500. Described from Spain and Italy (Hb. Cliff.!). Outer & E. (southern) Anatolia, Islands. Al Çanakkale: Dardanelles, Sint. 1883:779! A2(E) Istanbul: Halkali station, 20-30 m, Demiriz 2447! A2(A) Istanbul: Yakacik, S of Ayazma, 500 m, Demiriz 1408! A5 Trabzon; by the river Malaka, 32 km from Trabzon to Erzurum, Jardine 438B! Bl Manisa: Kemalpaşa, Karabel (Eti Baba), Alava 4757! C1 Izmir: Kuşadasi, 30 m, D. 40695! C2 Muğla: d. Marmaris, Söğüt to Bozburun, 50 m, D. 41200! C3 Antalya: Kumköy between Antalya & Serik, 20 m, D. 25732! C4 Içel: 30 km fromMut to Silifke, 500 m, Coode & Jones 1049! C5 Adana: nr. Tuzla, s.1., Coode & Jones 314! C6 Adana: d. Bahçe, Haruniye, D. 26129! C9 Mardin: Cizre, 400 m, D. 42525! Is: Khios, Orphanides; Ikaria, c. 300 m, Gathorne-Hardy 596! Samos, Runemark & Snogerup 18844; Kos, s.1., D. 40549! Rodhos, 18 v 1870, Bourgeau!˙ S. Europe, Cyprus, W. Syria, Syrian Desert, N. Africa. Medit. element. The specimen cited from C9 Mardin approaches var. nummularius (DC.) Bornm. in Beih. Bot. Centr. 57B:258 (1937), which may be distinguished from subsp. circinnatus by the peduncles being shorter than the subtending leaves, and the wing of the fruits subentire. The former race grows in Egypt, the Syrian Desert, Palestine and S. Iran; intermediates are frequent. |