Gaertner, J. (1791), De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 2(2): 350, pl. 155, fig. 7 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Koch, W.D.J. (1836), Synopsis Florae Germanicae et Helveticae 1(1): 178 [basionym]

basionym of: Medicago tribuloides var. truncatula (Gaertn.) W.D.J.Koch legitimate

Black, J.M. (1916), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No 9. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 40: 66 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Medicago tribuloides var. truncatula (Gaertn.) W.D.J.Koch legitimate

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 459, Fig. 639 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Medicago tribuloides var. truncatula (Gaertn.) W.D.J.Koch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Medicago tentaculata Willd. orth. var. common name: Barrel Medic [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Medicago tribuloides Desr. legitimate common name: Barrel medic [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 405 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 124 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Medicago tribuloides Desr. legitimate

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

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 35 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Medicago truncatula var. longispina Urb. nom. illeg. common name: Barrel Medic [n/a]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 725, 727, Fig. 146c [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Medicago tribuloides Desr. legitimate common name: Barrel Medic [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Medicago truncatula var. longispina Urb. nom. illeg. common name: Barrel Medic [n/a]

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

orthographic variant: Medicago tentaculata Willd. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Medicago tribuloides var. truncatula (Gaertn.) W.D.J.Koch legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Medicago truncatula Gaertn. var. truncatula nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Medicago tribuloides Desr. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 306 [secondary reference]

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