Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 779 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Europae pratis apricis, siccis."

Arcangeli, G. (1882), Compendio della Flora Italiana Edn. 1: 160 [basionym]

basionym of: Medicago sativa subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 149 [secondary reference]

common name: Yellow Lucerne [n/a] common name: Sickle Medick [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 153-154 [secondary reference]

common name: Yellow Lucerne [n/a] common name: Sickle Medick [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Medicago sativa L. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 45 [secondary reference]

Baker, M.L., Wapstra, M. & Lawrence, D. (20 August 2019), An annotated census of the lesser-known naturalised plants of Tasmania. Muelleria 38: 46 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Medicago sativa subsp. x varia (Martyn) Arcang. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 149

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Medicago sativa subsp. x varia (Martyn) Arcang. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 149

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