Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Polygala obversa
Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
Polygala obversa R.A.Kerrigan , legitimate, scientific
Kerrigan, R.A. (30 April 2012), A treatment for Polygala of northern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 25(2): 115-116, 133, Figs 2F, 8L (map) [nom. et stat. nov.]
replaced synonym: Polygala arvensis var. obovata Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polygala orbicularis var. obovate leaves (C.P.Mangion 900) [n/a]
  • Etymology: "Latin obversus (broader at or towards the top than towards the base), referring to the obovate leaves of this species."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Polygala arvensis var. obovata Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polygala chinensis subvar. obovata (Benth.) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polygala orbicularis var. obovate leaves (C.P.Mangion 900) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Polygala sp. Obovate leaves (C.P.Mangion 900) NT Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: NT, Qld