Miller, P. (1768), The Gardeners Dictionary Edn. 8: no. 5 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Medicago polymorpha var. laciniata L. legitimate

• Comment: The combination is made by indirect reference to the basionym under ICN Art. 41.3, Ex. 5, Melbourne Code (2012).

Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 62 [secondary reference]

Audas, J.W.C., St John, P.R.H. & Morris, P.F. (1932), Alien plants recorded as naturalised in Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist 49: 155 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 252 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 189 [secondary reference]

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 173, Fig. 198B [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Medicago polymorpha var. laciniata L. legitimate common name: Cut-leaf medic [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 401, 403, Fig. 51b [secondary reference]

common name: Toothed Medic [n/a] common name: Cut-leaf Medic [n/a]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 281-282, Fig. 45F, 45K [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Medicago polymorpha var. laciniata L. legitimate common name: Cut-leaf Medic [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 97 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Papilionaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 283 [secondary reference]

common name: Cutleaf Medic [n/a]

Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Medicago. Flora of New South Wales 2: 454 [secondary reference]

common name: Cut-leaved Medic [n/a]

Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Medicago. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 624 [secondary reference]

common name: Cut-leaved Medic [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Medicago polymorpha var. laciniata L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill. var. laciniata legitimate taxonomic synonym: Medicago laciniata var. brachyacantha Boiss. legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Medicago laciniata var. laciniata in WA, Qld and Vic.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013. Nuytsia 24: 58 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill. var. laciniata legitimate

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