Abstract
Species from the genus Melilotus Mill. belong to the plant genetic resources, which have value as forage, medicinal, and melliferous crops, and can be used for soil improvement, as a source of coumarins in the perfume industry, etc. The paper presents a taxonomic review of the genus Melilotus for the territory of Russia and neighboring countries, including synonymy and taxonomy, morphological, brief ecological and geographical characteristics of the species. By analyzing the morphological, ecological features and geography of distribution, the genus was taxonomically revised. In the considered territory, the genus numbers 13 species and two subgenera. A typical subgenus included three sections, two subsections, and three rows. A new subsection (Polonica) is described; new combinations in the Altissimae section, and two in the Dentatae and Wolgicae sections are proposed. The research was based on collections of the VIR herbarium (WIR), the V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute of RAS (LE), St. Petersburg State University (LECB), Moscow State University (MW), the N.V. Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden of RAS (MHA), etc., as well as on literary sources on the taxonomy of the genus Melilotus.
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