Vascular Plants Australian Plant Census (APC)

The Australian Plant Census (APC) is a list of the accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, ferns, gymnosperms, hornworts and liverworts, both native and introduced, and includes synonyms and misapplications for these names. The APC covers all published scientific plant names used in an Australian context in the taxonomic literature, but excludes taxa known only from cultivation in Australia. The taxonomy and nomenclature adopted for the APC are endorsed by the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH).

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Showing Medicago polymorpha

Medicago polymorpha L.

legitimate

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Fabales(ordo)
Fabaceae(fam.)
Medicago(gen.)
polymorpha(sp.)

| sensu

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census

Medicago apiculata Willd.

legitimate

Medicago apiculata var. confinis Koch

legitimate

Medicago confinis (Koch) J.M.Black

legitimate

Medicago coronata Gaertn.

nom. illeg.

Medicago denticulata Willd.

legitimate

Medicago denticulata var. brevispina Benth.

legitimate

Medicago denticulata var. vulgaris Benth.

nom. inval.

Medicago hispida Gaertn.

legitimate

Medicago hispida var. apiculata (Willd.) Urb.

legitimate

Medicago hispida var. confinis (Koch) Burnat

legitimate

Medicago hispida var. denticulata (Willd.) Urb.

legitimate

Medicago hispida var. inermis Urb.

nom. illeg.

Medicago hispida var. lappacea J.M.Black

legitimate

Medicago hispida var. longispina Urb.

legitimate

Medicago lappacea Desr.

legitimate

Medicago nigra Krock.

legitimate

Medicago polymorpha L. subsp. polymorpha

legitimate

Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina (Benth.) Heyn

legitimate

Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha

legitimate

Medicago polymorpha var. vulgaris (Benth.) Shinners

nom. superfl.

Medicago reticulata Benth.

legitimate

Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina and M. polymorpha var. vulgaris are recognised as distinct taxa in the NT.
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)