Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Polygala difficilis
Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
Polygala difficilis R.A.Kerrigan , legitimate, scientific
Kerrigan, R.A. (30 April 2012), A treatment for Polygala of northern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 25(2): 104-105, 133, Figs 5F, 7I (map), 12 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: 33.6 km S of Tennant Creek, 01.v.2007, R.A. Kerrigan 1253 & D.J. Dixon; holo: DNA180895!; iso: AD, BRI, CANB, K, NSW, NT, PERTH.
taxonomic synonym: Polygala sp. Tennant Creek (J.L.Egan 2299) NT Herbarium [n/a]
  • Etymology: "Latin difficilis (difficult), referring to the difficulty in penning an available and suitable Latin name for this species."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Polygala sp. (White Mountains M.B.Thomas+ 1738) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Polygala sp. Tennant Creek (J.L.Egan 2299) NT Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Polygala sp. White Mountains (M.B.Thomas+ 1738) Qld Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: NT, Qld