Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Fabaceae Lindl.
Medicago polymorpha L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 2 :
779
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in Europa australi."
Quinlivan, B.J. (1965) , Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia ser. 4 6 :
541
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975) , Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1 :
154
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago hispida Gaertn.
legitimate
common name:
Burr Medick
[n/a]
Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia :
174, Fig. 198A
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago hispida Gaertn.
legitimate
common name:
Burr medic
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
124
[secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1 :
281
[secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
97
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago denticulata Willd.
legitimate
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 :
284
[secondary reference]
common name:
Burr Medic
[n/a]
Green, J.W. (18 October 1987) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5 :
9
[secondary reference]
Green indicates that the name Medicago hispida has been misapplied to this species but cites no reference.
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Medicago. Flora of New South Wales 2 :
455
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago polymorpha var. vulgaris ( Benth.) Shinners
nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina ( Benth.) Heyn
legitimate
common name:
Burr Medic
[n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49 :
192
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago denticulata Willd.
legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3 :
724, Fig. 146g
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago hispida Gaertn.
legitimate
common name:
Burr Medic
[n/a]
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Medicago. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2 :
625
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago polymorpha var. vulgaris ( Benth.) Shinners
nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina ( Benth.) Heyn
legitimate
common name:
Burr Medic
[n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2 :
767
[secondary reference]
common name:
Burr Medic
[n/a]
Jessup, L.W. (2003) , Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa :
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago polymorpha var. vulgaris ( Benth.) Shinners
nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina ( Benth.) Heyn
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Medicago polymorpha L. var. polymorpha
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Medicago polymorpha L. subsp. polymorpha
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago nigra Krock.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago coronata Gaertn.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago hispida Gaertn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago lappacea Desr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago denticulata Willd.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago apiculata Willd.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago reticulata Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago denticulata var. brevispina Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago denticulata var. vulgaris Benth.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago apiculata var. confinis Koch
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago hispida var. longispina Urb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago hispida var. inermis Urb.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago hispida var. denticulata ( Willd.) Urb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago hispida var. apiculata ( Willd.) Urb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago hispida var. confinis ( Koch) Burnat
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago hispida var. lappacea J.M.Black
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago confinis ( Koch) J.M.Black
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago polymorpha var. vulgaris ( Benth.) Shinners
nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina ( Benth.) Heyn
legitimate
APC Comment:
Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina and M. polymorpha var. vulgaris are recognised as distinct taxa in the NT.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Barrett, R.L. & Tay, E.P. (2016) , Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2 :
306-307, photos 1-3
[secondary reference]
common name:
Burr Medic
[n/a]
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016) , Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island :
45, 46
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago denticulata Willd.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago hispida var. denticulata ( Willd.) Urb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago hispida var. apiculata ( Willd.) Urb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medicago hispida var. confinis ( Koch) Burnat
legitimate