Lindley, J. (1 November 1839), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: xiii-xiv [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 101 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 33 [secondary reference]

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 254 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 95 [secondary reference]

Chandler, G.T., Crisp, M.D., Cayzer, L.W. & Bayer, R.J. (31 October 2002), Monograph of Gastrolobium (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 15(5): 632-633, Fig. 35 APC [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: K (Swan River, Drummond, 1839); isolecto: CGE (2 sheets).

taxonomic synonym: Gastrolobium spinosum var. trilobum S.Moore legitimate common name: Bullock Poison [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA

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