Desrousseaux, L.A.J. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1792), Luserne; Medicago. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 3(2): 635 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Cette plante croît ... Elle est cultivée au Jardin du Roi."

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 313 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 458-459, Fig. 638 [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]

common name: Barrel Medic [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Medicago truncatula var. longispina Urb. nom. illeg.

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 173 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Medicago truncatula Gaertn. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 282 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Medicago truncatula Gaertn. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 725 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Medicago truncatula Gaertn. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Medicago truncatula Gaertn. legitimate

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