Mueller, F.J.H. von (1855), Definitions of rare or hitherto undescribed Australian plants: 38-39 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In grassy or gravelly places from the King River to the Goulburn River."

• Comment: See paper by O.Seberg, Taxon 35: 262-271 (1986), which discusses the date of publication of Mueller's preprint.

Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1856), Definitions of rare or hitherto undescribed Australian plants, chiefly collected within the boundaries of the Colony of Victoria. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8: 6 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 184-185 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 139 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polygala japonica Houtt. legitimate

Chodat, R.H. (1893), Monographia Polygalacearum 2: 355 [secondary reference]

Chodat, R.H. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (July 1896), Polygalaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien III, 4(138-139): 336 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 43 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polygala japonica Houtt. legitimate

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 29 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Polygala sibirica L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polygala japonica Houtt. legitimate

Domin, K. (1927), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 855 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Polygala japonica Houtt. legitimate by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 139 misapplication: Polygala sibirica L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1878), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 11(88): 4 misapplication: Polygala sibirica L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 8 misapplication: Polygala japonica Houtt. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 22 misapplication: Polygala japonica Houtt. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1884), A contribution towards a flora of Mount Perry. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1(2): 62 misapplication: Polygala sibirica L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Key to the System of Victorian Plants 2: 8 misapplication: Polygala sibirica L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888), Key to the System of Victorian Plants 1: 134 misapplication: Polygala sibirica L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 14 misapplication: Polygala japonica Houtt. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1890), Catalogue of the Indigenous and Naturalised Plants of Queensland: 3 misapplication: Polygala sibirica L. legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 35 misapplication: Polygala japonica Houtt. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1899), The Queensland Flora 1: 78 misapplication: Polygala japonica Houtt. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 43

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]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 244, Fig. 237. [secondary reference]

common name: Milkwort [n/a]

Thompson, J. (1978), Polygalaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 112: 14 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polygala japonica Houtt. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 176 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polygala japonica Houtt. legitimate

Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Polygalaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 486 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polygala japonica Houtt. legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Polygalaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 132 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polygala japonica Houtt. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Polygala veronicaefolia Chodat orth. var. orthographic variant: Polygala veronicifolia A.D.Chapm. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polygala japonica Houtt. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polygala japonica Houtt. legitimate

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