Zygophyllaceae R.Br.
Tribulus cistoides L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 387 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in America calidiore."
Endlicher, S.F.L. (1836), Bemerkungen über die Flora der Südseeinseln. Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte 1: 184 [basionym]
basionym of: Kallstroemia cistoides (L.) Endl. legitimate
Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xliii [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 99 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Tribulus terrestris L. legitimate
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 588 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 288 [secondary reference]
Oliver, D., Thiselton Dyer, W.T., Prain, D. & Hill, A.W. in Oliver, D., Thiselton Dyer, W.T., Prain, D. & Hill, A.W. (ed.) (1868), Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 284 [basionym]
basionym of: Tribulus terrestris var. cistoides (L.) Oliv. legitimate
Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 53 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Tribulus terrestris var. cistoides (L.) Oliv. legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 72 [secondary reference]
  • Vernacular: Dardatra
Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 833 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Tribulus terrestris var. cistoides (L.) Oliv. legitimate
Steenis, C.G.G.J. van (December 1949), Zygophyllaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(2): 64 [secondary reference]
Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 247 [secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 243 BHL [secondary reference]
Eichler, Hj. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Zygophyllaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 184 [secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 290 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 103 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 81 [secondary reference]
Lawrence, M.E. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Zygophyllaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 678, Fig. 210A [secondary reference]
Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Zygophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 307-308 [secondary reference]
common name: Caltrop [n/a] common name: Bulls Head [n/a]
Pike, G.D. & Leach, G.J. (1997), Handbook of the vascular plants of Ashmore and Cartier Islands: 64-65 [secondary reference]
common name: Beach caltrop [n/a]
Barker, R.M. (17 February 1998), A trial key and notes on Tribulus (Zygophyllaceae) in Australia, including one new species and validation of Tribulus suberosus. Nuytsia 12(1): 25 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Kallstroemia cistoides (L.) Endl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Tribulus terrestris var. cistoides (L.) Oliv. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Tribulus occidentalis R.Br. legitimate by Wilson, K.L. (30 September 1992), A new species and neotypification in Australian Tribulus (Zygophyllaceae). Telopea 5(1): 25 misapplication: Tribulus terrestris L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 99-100
  • APC Comment: The status of this taxon on AR is uncertain. Treated as native by I.R.H.Telford, Fl. Australia 50: 307-308 (1993), but as introduced by G.D.Pike & G.J.Leach, Handb. Vasc. Pl. Ashmore & Cartier Is. 64-65 (1997).
  • APC Dist.: WA, AR, NT, Qld, CSI
Barker, R.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Zygophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 26: 538-539, Plate 66, Fig. 77D-F [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Kallstroemia cistoides (L.) Endl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Tribulus terrestris var. cistoides (L.) Oliv. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Tribulus occidentalis R.Br. legitimate by Wilson, K.L. (30 September 1992), A new species and neotypification in Australian Tribulus (Zygophyllaceae). Telopea 5(1): 25 misapplication: Tribulus terrestris L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 99-100