Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Zygophyllaceae R.Br.
Tribulus terrestris L. , legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 1
387
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in Europa Australia ad semitas."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862) , Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1
99-100
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus cistoides L. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus lanuginosus L. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus acanthococcus F.Muell. legitimate
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863) , Flora Australiensis 1
288
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus lanuginosus L. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus acanthococcus F.Muell. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1877) , List of the plants obtained during Mr. C. Giles's travels in Australia in 1875 and 1876. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 15
272
[secondary reference]
Tate, R. (1880) , A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3
55
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881) , Plants of North-Western Australia. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council
5
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
13
[secondary reference]
Anonymous (1883) , Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council
6
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889) , Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants
22
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales
52
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
72
[secondary reference]
common name:
Cat's-head [n/a]
common name:
Caltrops [n/a]
Black, J.M. (1924) , Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2
335
[secondary reference]
common name:
Caltrop [n/a]
Domin, K. (1926) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89)
833
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2
490, Fig. 663B
[secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963) , Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory
8, 66-67, Fig. 34
[secondary reference]
common name:
Caltrop [n/a]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory
238, Fig. 230.
[secondary reference]
common name:
Caltrop [n/a]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4)
243
[secondary reference]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales
438
[secondary reference]
common name:
Burnut [n/a]
common name:
Goat-head Burr [n/a]
common name:
Bindyi [n/a]
common name:
Goathead [n/a]
common name:
Bullhead [n/a]
common name:
Puncture Vine [n/a]
common name:
Yellow Vine [n/a]
common name:
Caltrop [n/a]
common name:
Cat's Head [n/a]
common name:
Cat-head [n/a]
Eichler, Hj. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Zygophyllaceae. Flora of Central Australia
184, Fig. 208A
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
211
[secondary reference]
Henderson, R.J.F. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Zygophyllaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1
403, 434, Fig. 68D
[secondary reference]
common name:
Cathead [n/a]
common name:
Bullhead [n/a]
common name:
Puncture Vine [n/a]
common name:
Yellow Vine [n/a]
common name:
Caltrop [n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
103
[secondary reference]
Eichler, Hj. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2
728
[secondary reference]
Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986) , List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4)
140
[secondary reference]
common name:
Caltrop [n/a]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26
81
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Zygophyllaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1
491
[secondary reference]
common name:
Caltrop [n/a]
Lawrence, M.E. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Zygophyllaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region
679-681, Fig. 201E
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bindii [n/a]
common name:
Caltrop [n/a]
Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Tribulus. Flora of New South Wales 3
13, pl.1
[secondary reference]
common name:
Cathead [n/a]
common name:
Caltrop [n/a]
Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Tribulus. Flora of New South Wales 3
13
[secondary reference]
common name:
Cat-head [n/a]
common name:
Caltrop [n/a]
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996) , Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia
198-199
[secondary reference]
common name:
Caltrop [n/a]
common name:
Bindi-eye [n/a]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Zygophyllaceae. Flora of Victoria 4
206-207, Fig. 38c
[secondary reference]
common name:
Caltrop [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Tribulus terrestis J.W.Green orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Tribulus terrestris L. var. terrestris legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus terrestris var. macrocarpus Rouy legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus terrestris (short style) R.M.Barker [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus terrestris (long style) R.M.Barker [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus terrestris f. short style R.M.Barker [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus terrestris f. long style R.M.Barker [n/a]
APC Comment:
The status of this taxon (whether native or naturalised) in Australia is subject to debate.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld, NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007) , Australian Plant Census
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Tribulus micrococcus Domin legitimate
by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863) , Flora Australiensis 1
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007) , Australian Plant Census
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Tribulus cistoides L. legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862) , Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1
Barker, R.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013) , Zygophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 26
540-543, Fig. 77G-I
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus acanthococcus F.Muell. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus terrestris var. macrocarpus Rouy legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus terrestris (long style) R.M.Barker [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus terrestris (short style) R.M.Barker [n/a]
Barker, R.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013) , Zygophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 26
544
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Tribulus micrococcus Domin legitimate
by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863) , Flora Australiensis 1
Barker, R.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013) , Zygophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 26
543
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Tribulus minutus Leichh. ex Benth. legitimate
by Eichler, Hj. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2
Barker, R.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013) , Zygophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 26
538
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Tribulus cistoides L. legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862) , Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1
Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013) , Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23
522
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus sp. Rabbit Flat (P.K.Latz 4530) [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Tribulus terrestris f. long style (D.E.Symon 10352) [n/a]
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
348-349, photos 10-12
[secondary reference]
common name:
Caltrop [n/a]
common name:
Puncture Vine [n/a]
common name:
Bindii [n/a]
