Gray, A. (1854), United States Exploring Expedition Phanerogamia 1: 400 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hunter's River, New South Wales."

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 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lotus cruentus Court legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Lotus cruentus Court legitimate

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