Adanson, M. (1763), Familles des Plantes 2: 325 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 3877). See note on conservation by P.G.Parkinson, Taxon 36 (1987) 83.

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 254 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 41 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 144 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 133 [secondary reference]

common name: Cow-itch [n/a]

• Etymology: A Brazilian name, referring to the stinging hairs on the pod.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 125 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 320-321 [secondary reference]

Wilmot-Dear, C.M. (1984), A revision of Mucuna (Leguminosae - Phaseoleae) in China and Japan. Kew Bulletin 39(1): 23-65 [secondary reference]

Wilmot-Dear, C.M. (1987), A revision of Mucuna (Leguminosae - Phaseoleae) in the Indian subcontinent and Burma. Kew Bulletin 42(1): 23-46 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Mucuna. Flora of New South Wales 2: 414 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 411 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Stizolobium P.Browne nom. rej.

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 420 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Fabaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 218 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 181 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 92 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Mucuna. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 584 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 213 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 561 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Mukuna Adans. orth. var. orthographic variant: Macuna Scop. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Zoophthalmum P.Browne nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Stizolobium P.Browne nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Carpopogon Roxb. legitimate

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

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