Services and values provided by the Trifolium taxa of the flora of northern Greece

The taxa of the botanical family Fabaceae consist one of the most important functional group of Mediterranean rangelands, given that they play significant, ecological, environmental and economic role. The present research focuses in the services and values provided by 32 Trifolium taxa of the flora of northern Greece (Macedonia, Thrace) by aiming at the promotion of the multiple uses and values that these taxa may provide to man. The attempt refers mainly to values for grazing, establishing meadows, land reclamation, pharmacology, apiculture, and for phytochemistry and genetics.