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Ononis spinosa

Ononis spinosa L.

Linnaeus, C. von (1753), Species Plantarum Edn. 1, 2: 716
TYPE:   "Habitat in aridis Europae."
COMMENT:   See proposal to reject the name by C.E.Jervis, P.B.Ivimey-Cook & P.F.Cannon, Taxon 32 (1983) 314–316 and recommendation by Committee for Spermatophyta, Taxon 34 (1985) 662 and further recommendation of Committee to conserve the name with a new type in Taxon 38 (1980) 299–300.

Ewart, A.J. (1908) The Victorian Naturalist 24: 193

Ewart, A.J. (1915) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 27(2): 302