Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
Polygala myrtifolia L. , legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 2
703
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in Aethiopia."
Sulman, F. (1914) , A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II
28
[secondary reference]
Anderson, R.H. (8 August 1939) , The naturalised flora of New South Wales (excluding Gramineae). Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(1)
25
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2
505
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1956) , The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1
60
[secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
146
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975) , Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1
63
[secondary reference]
Thompson, J. (1978) , Polygalaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 112
16-17
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Polygala grandiflora Lodd. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Polygala myrtifolia var. grandiflora Hook. legitimate
Green, J.W. (1981) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia
61
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
176
[secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
106
[secondary reference]
Appears in square brackets and italics as an "erroneous record".
Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Polygalaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3
6
[secondary reference]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49
240
[secondary reference]
common name:
Cascade Curse [n/a]
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2
800
[secondary reference]
common name:
Myrtle-leaved Milkwort [n/a]
Taplin, R.L. & Symon, D.E. (29 September 2008) , Remnant horticultural plants at the site of the former Newman's Nursery, 1854-1932. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 22
90
[secondary reference]
common name:
Myrtle-leaf Milkwort [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Polygala myrtifolia L. var. myrtifolia legitimate
APC Comment:
Treated as Polygala myrtifolia var. myrtifolia in Vic.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016) , Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2
336-337, photos 17-19
[secondary reference]
common name:
Myrtleleaf Milkwort
[n/a]
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016) , Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island
63
[secondary reference]
