Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Fabaceae Lindl.
Medicago L. , nom. cons. , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 2
778
[tax. nov.]
See comments on conservation in Taxon 36 (1987) 737–738; Taxon 37 (1988) 440. Nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 3688).
Linnaeus, C. (1754) , Genera Plantarum Edn. 5
339
[secondary reference]
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]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales
121
[secondary reference]
Scofield, C.S. (1908) , U.S. Dept. Agric. Bur. Pl. Ind. Bull. 131
15
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Medicago radiata L.
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
133
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1924) , Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2
312-313
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
Name orginally formed by Jacques Dalechamp, 1513-1588, from the Latin medica, lucern, so called because lucern was believed to have been introduced into Europe from Media.
Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2
457
[secondary reference]
common name:
Medic [n/a]
Etymology:
"Name originally formed by Jacques Dalechamp, 1513-1588, from the Latin medica , lucerne, so called because lucerne was believed to have been introduced into Europe from Media, a province of the old Persian Empire."
Curtis, W.M. (1956) , The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1
148
[secondary reference]
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]
Eichler, Hj. (1965) , Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)
188-189
[secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory
223-224
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975) , Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1
153
[secondary reference]
Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia
173
[secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981) , An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants
601
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
124
[secondary reference]
Stirton, C.H. (1983) , The genus Medicago (Leguminosae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 14
27-36
[secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1
279-282
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Papilionaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1
282-283
[secondary reference]
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Medicago. Flora of New South Wales 2
452
[secondary reference]
common name:
Medics [n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49
191
[secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3
722-723
[secondary reference]
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Medicago. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2
622
[secondary reference]
common name:
Medics [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2
766
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
530-531
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
