Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
Polygala orbicularis Benth. , legitimate, scientific
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 140 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "N. Australia. South Goulburn Island, A. Cunningham; Melville Island, Fraser; n. Coast, Armstrong."
Domin, K. (1927), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 856 [basionym]
basionym of: Polygala chinensis var. orbicularis (Benth.) Domin legitimate
Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 249 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Polygala chinensis var. orbicularis (Benth.) Domin legitimate
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 244 BHL [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 68 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Polygala chinensis var. orbicularis (Benth.) Domin legitimate
  • APC Dist.: NT, Qld
Kerrigan, R.A. (30 April 2012), A treatment for Polygala of northern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 25(2): 116-117, Fig. 9A (map) [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: (here designated): Melville I., Fraser 244; lecto: K 000279783 & K 000279784 (photograph DNA).
Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 518 [secondary reference]