Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 780 [tax. nov.]

Allioni, C. (1785), Flora Pedemontana 1: 315 [basionym]

basionym of: Medicago ciliaris (L.) All. legitimate

Krocker, A.J. (1790), Flora Silesiaca 2: 244 [basionym]

basionym of: Medicago ciliaris (L.) Krock. isonym

Heyn, C.C. (1963), The Annual Species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12: 129 [basionym]

basionym of: Medicago intertexta var. ciliaris (L.) Heyn legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Medicago ciliaris (L.) All. legitimate

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