Court, A.B. (1957), Changes in the nomenclature of some Victorian dicotyledons. The Victorian Naturalist 73(10): 174 [nom. nov.]

replaced synonym: Lotus coccineus Schltdl. nom. illeg.

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 190 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lotus coccineus Schltdl. nom. illeg.

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 241 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 297 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lotus coccineus Schltdl. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. parviflorus Benth. legitimate common name: Red Bird's-foot Trefoil [n/a]

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 174-175, Fig. 199 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. parviflorus Benth. legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 400 [secondary reference]

common name: Red-flower Lotus [n/a] common name: Red Bird's-foot Trefoil [n/a] common name: Red-flowered Trefoil [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Lotus coccineus Schltdl. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. parviflorus Benth. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Lotus coccineus Schltdl. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. parviflorus Benth. legitimate common name: Red-flowered Lotus [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 97 [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]

Norris, E.H. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Lotus. Flora of New South Wales 2: 444 [secondary reference]

common name: Red-flowered Lotus [n/a]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 701-702, Fig. 142b [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lotus coccineus Schltdl. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. parviflorus Benth. legitimate common name: Red Bird's-foot Trefoil [n/a]

Norris, E.H. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Lotus. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 611 [secondary reference]

common name: Red-flowered Lotus [n/a]

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): 194-195 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lotus coccineus Schltdl. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Lotus fraseri Benth. ex A.Gray legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. parviflorus Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. behrianus Tate legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. behrii C.Moore legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. exstipulatus J.M.Black legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Lotus coccineus Schltdl. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Lotus fraseri Benth. ex A.Gray legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. parviflorus Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. coccinea F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. behrianus Tate legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. behrii C.Moore legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. parviflora S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Pickard orth. var. doubtful taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. exstipulatus J.M.Black legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Lotus australis var. exstipulatis Dunlop orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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