Smith, J.E. in Koenig, K.D.E. & Sims, J. (ed.) (January 1805), Remarks on the generic Characters of the Decandrous Papilionaceous Plants of New Holland. Annals of Botany 1(3): 510 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Etymology: ""I am happy to name it in honour of my friend Mr. Lewis Weston Dillwyn, F.L.S., whose scientific labours respecting the genus Conferva, as well as his knowledge in other abstruse parts of botany, merit such a memorial."

Smith, J.E. in Rees, A. (ed.) (1808), Dillwynia. The Cyclopaedia 11(22): - [secondary reference]

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• Etymology: After L. W. Dillwyn, English botanist, 1778-1855.

Blakely, W.F. (1939), A key to the New South Wales species of Dillwynia. The Australian Naturalist 10(5): 157-168 [secondary reference]

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Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 138 [secondary reference]

common name: Parrot Pea [n/a]

Thompson, J. (1961), Papilionaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 101(1): 80-91 [secondary reference]

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Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 143-144 [secondary reference]

common name: Parrot Pea [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 120 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 263-265, 269 [secondary reference]

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Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Dillwynia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 499-500 [secondary reference]

common name: parrot peas [n/a] common name: Egg and bacon peas [n/a]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 796-797 [secondary reference]

Weston, P.H. & Jobson, P.C. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Dillwynia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 542-543 [secondary reference]

common name: parrot peas [n/a] common name: Egg and bacon peas [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 747 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 274 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Dilwynia Pers. orth. var. orthographic variant: Dillwinia Poir. orth. var. orthographic variant: Dilwinia Jacques orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Barrett, R.L., Clugston, J.A.R., Cook, L.G., Crisp, M.D., Jobson, P.C., Lepschi, B.J., Renner, M.A.M. & Weston, P.H. (20 August 2021), Understanding diversity and systematics in Australian Fabaceae Tribe Mirbelieae. Diversity 13(8): 27 [online only] [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dillwynia sect. Xeropetalum R.Br. ex Sims legitimate

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