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Taxon:  Dorycnium pentaphyllum Scop.



Summary
Genus:
Dorycnium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Loteae
Nomen number:
313843
Place of publication:
Fl. carniol. ed. 2, 2:87. 1772
Verified:
06/23/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
33 (31  active, 26  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Dorycnium pentaphyllum Scop. subsp. anatolicum (Boiss. & Heldr.) Gams (0 active accession[s])
Dorycnium pentaphyllum Scop. subsp. germanicum (Gremli) Gams (2 active accession[s])
Dorycnium pentaphyllum Scop. subsp. herbaceum (Vill.) Rouy (10 active accession[s])
Dorycnium pentaphyllum Scop. subsp. pentaphyllum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  3. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  4. Grobbelaar, N. & B. Clarke. 1974. A qualitative study of the nodulating ability of legume species: List 4. Agroplantae 6:59-64.
  5. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  6. Ortega-Sada, J. L. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos. 1987
  7. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  8. Pottier-Alapetite, G. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones. 1979-1981
  9. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963
  10. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  11. Smythies, B. E. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882. 1984-1986
  12. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  13. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Common names
English
badassi –
Spanish
socarrillo –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Moldova, Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Bee plantshoney production Ortega-Sada, J. L. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos. 1987
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=313843. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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