Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. in Wight, R. & Arnott, G.A.W. (ed.) (1834), Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis 1: 271 [comb. nov.]

• Type: Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.

basionym: Desmanthus sect. Dichrostachys DC. legitimate

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1983) No. 3452).

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 299 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cailliea Guill. & Perr. nom. rej.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 43 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Neptunia Lour. legitimate

Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Mimosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 333, 335 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Mimosaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 339 [secondary reference]

Cowan, R.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Mimosaceae. Flora of Australia 12: 19 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Desmanthus sect. Dichrostachys DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cailliea Guill. & Perr. nom. rej.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 269 [secondary reference]

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