Fabaceae Lindl.
Medicago echinus DC. , nom. inval., scientific
Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de & Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de (1805), Flore Francaise Edn. 3, 5: 546 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Elle croît dans les provinces meridiolais; aux environs de Nice (All.)."
  • Comment: nom. inval. as de Candolle cited Medicago intertexta Lam. var. α in synonymy, and as this is the type sensu stricto of M. intertexta de Candolle's name is illegitimate. Both de Candolle in his Prodromus and Index Kewensis give the name as being published in Volume 4.
Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 62 [secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 728 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Medicago intertexta (L.) Mill. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Medicago intertexta (L.) Mill. legitimate