Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
Comesperma polygaloides F.Muell. , legitimate, scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (18 September 1854), Definitions of rare or hitherto undescribed Australian plants, chiefly collected within the boundaries of the colony of Victoria. Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria 1: 7 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "In barren plains at the Avoca, Guichen Bay, and Encounter Bay."
  • Comment: See paper by O.Seberg, Taxon 35: 262-271 (1986), which discusses the date of publication of Mueller's preprint.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (24 October 1854), Second general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the Colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 9 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1856), Definitions of rare or hitherto undescribed Australian plants, chiefly collected within the boundaries of the Colony of Victoria. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8: 6-7 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 187-188, pl. 8 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 149 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 8 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 15 BHL [secondary reference]
Anonymous (1923), A Census of the Plants of Victoria with their regional distribution and the vernacular names: 40 [basionym]
basionym of: Bredemeyera polygaloides (F.Muell.) Chodat ex Anon. legitimate
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 348, Fig. 155A-D [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 505, Fig. 674A-D [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 106 [secondary reference]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Polygalaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 136-137, Fig. 24e APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Bredemeyera polygaloides (F.Muell.) Chodat ex Anon. legitimate common name: Small Milkwort [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Vic