Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Polygala barbata
Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
Polygala barbata R.A.Kerrigan , legitimate, scientific
Kerrigan, R.A. (30 April 2012), A treatment for Polygala of northern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 25(2): 99, 133, Figs 2H, 4B, 7A (map) APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Litchfield National Park, Wangi Falls, rainforest track, 16.i.2004, R.A. Kerrigan 723 & D.J. Dixon; holo: DNA161431!; iso: BRI, CANB, K, PERTH.
taxonomic synonym: Polygala sp. Mudginberri (J.Russell-Smith 987) NT Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: NT
  • Etymology: "Latin: barbatus (bearded), referring to the presence of a tuft of hairs on the upper petal auricle."