Molluginaceae Bartl.
Mollugo L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 89 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 39 [secondary reference]
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: 14 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 333 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 31 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Glinus L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trigastrotheca F.Muell. legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 88 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 227 [secondary reference]
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 35 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Mollugo verticillata L.
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 223 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: Latin name of a plant believed to be Galium mollugo, L., a European herb with whorled leaves, and applied to the present genus because the leaves appear verticillate.
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 343 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "Latin name of a plant believed to be Galium Mollugo, L., a European herb with whorled leaves, and applied to the present genus because the leaves appear verticillate."
Backer, C.A. (December 1951), Aizoaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(3): 267-269 [secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 271, 272 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 62 [secondary reference]
Toelken, H.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Aizoaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 38 [secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Aizoaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 102, 106 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Highet, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Aizoaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 190 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Molluginaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 140-141 [secondary reference]
Endress, P.K. & Bittrich, V. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Molluginaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 424, Fig. 93 [secondary reference]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Molluginaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 226 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Highet, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Aizoaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 190 [secondary reference]
Jessup, L.W. (2003), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Trigastrotheca F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mollugo sect. Trigastrotheca (F.Muell.) Pax legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 552 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Trigastrotheca F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mollugo sect. Trigastrotheca (F.Muell.) Pax legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mollugo sect. Eumollugo Pax nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Thulin, M., Moore, A.J., El-Seedi, H., Larsson, A., Christin, P.-A. & Edwards, E.J. (2016), Phylogeny and generic delimitation in Molluginaceae, new pigment data in Caryophyllales, and the new family Corbichoniaceae. Taxon 65(4): 783, Fig. 4A [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Mollugo sect. Eumollugo Pax nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: NT, Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)