Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Fabaceae Lindl.
Melilotus officinalis (Lam. , legitimate , scientific
Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de (1779) , Flore Francoise Edn. 1, 2
594
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Cette plante croît dans les champs & fur le bord des haies ... ou ♂."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853) , First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly
13
[secondary reference]
cited as "Melilotus officinalis Desrousseaux"
Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora
39
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1924) , Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2
312
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Melilotus arvensis Wallr. legitimate
Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2
456
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Melilotus arvensis Wallr. legitimate
common name:
Common Melilot [n/a]
Curtis, W.M. (1956) , The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1
151
[secondary reference]
common name:
Common Melilot [n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
251
[secondary reference]
common name:
Common Melilot [n/a]
Stevenson, G.A. (1969) , Canadian Journal of Plant Science
8-9
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975) , Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1
155
[secondary reference]
common name:
Common Melilot [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
124
[secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
98
[secondary reference]
Norris, E.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Melilotus. Flora of New South Wales 2
451
[secondary reference]
common name:
Common Melilot [n/a]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3
720-721, Fig. 145q-r
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Trifolium officinale L. legitimate
Norris, E.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Melilotus. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2
621
[secondary reference]
common name:
Common Melilot [n/a]
CHAH (2011) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Trifolium officinalis L. orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Trifolium officinale L. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melilotus officinalis Pall. nom. inval., nom. nud.
APC Comment:
Authorship of Melilotus officinalis follows GRIN (see http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?24009).
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016) , A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island
46
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Melilotus arvensis Wallr. legitimate
