Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 773 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 338 [secondary reference]

Andrews, H.C. (1811), The Botanist's Repository for New, and Rare Plants 10(128-131): t. 624 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 187 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 38 [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): 267 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 121, 123 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 136 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 125-126 [secondary reference]

common name: Bird's-foot Trefoil [n/a]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 359 [secondary reference]

• Type: Lotus corniculatus L.

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 314 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greco-latin name of several very different plants, one being some sort of clover-like plant."

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 460 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greco-Latin name of several very different plants, one being some sort of clover-like plant."

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 158 [secondary reference]

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Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 189 [secondary reference]

Larsen, K. & Zertova, A. (1966), The Australian Lotus species. Feddes Repertorium Beiheft 72: 1-18 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 226-228 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 162 [secondary reference]

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 174 [secondary reference]

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: - [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 601 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 124 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 287-288 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Papilionaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 279 [secondary reference]

Norris, E.H. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Lotus. Flora of New South Wales 2: 443 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 417 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 187 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 700-701 [secondary reference]

Norris, E.H. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Lotus. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 610 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 764 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 502 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT, SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lotus sect. Inappendiculatae A.D.Chapm. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Lotus sect. Appendiculatae A.D.Chapm. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Lotus trib. Cyananthos A.D.Chapm. nom. inval., nom. nud.

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT, SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

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