Black, J.M. (1933), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 31. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 153 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Horseshoe Bend, Finke River, C.A., E.H. Ising."

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 461 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 24 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 35 [secondary reference]

Kramina, T. & Sokoloff, D. (2004), A taxonomic study of Lotus australis complex (Leguminosae), with special emphasis on plants from Pacific Ocean Islands. Adansonia 26(2): 194 [doubtful taxonomic synonym]

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Lotus cruentus Court legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Lotus australis var. exstipulatis Dunlop orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [doubtful taxonomic synonym]

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Lotus cruentus Court legitimate

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