Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Polygala bifoliata
Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
Polygala bifoliata R.A.Kerrigan , legitimate, scientific
Kerrigan, R.A. (30 April 2012), A treatment for Polygala of northern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 25(2): 100-101, 133, Figs 6A, 7C APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Black Rock Pool, adjacent car park, 17.iv.2006, R.A. Kerrigan 1137; holo: DNA 177040; iso: BRI, CANB, PERTH.
taxonomic synonym: Polygala sp. Bifoliata (N.B.Nyrnes 2091) [n/a] pro parte misapplication: Polygala arvensis Willd. legitimate by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 140-141 misapplication: Polygala arvensis Willd. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 160 misapplication: Polygala pycnophylla Domin nom. illeg. by Northern Territory Herbarium (2004), Checklist of Northern Territory Vascular Plant Species: - misapplication: Polygala arvensis Willd. legitimate by Northern Territory Herbarium (2004), Checklist of Northern Territory Vascular Plant Species: -
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT
  • Etymology: "Latin bi- (two) and foliatus (leaf-bearing), referring to the two leaf shapes found on most specimens."
Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 506 [secondary reference]