Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 374 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 177 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Some hitherto unknown Australian plants. Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 3: 49 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 294 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 42 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 4 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Phanera Lour. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 153 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 33, 236 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 294 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: After John Bauhin, a Swiss botanist of French descent, 1541-1613, and his brother Caspar, physician and botanist, 1560-1624, in allusion to the 2 leaflets.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 432 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 595 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 96 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Lysiphyllum (Benth.) de Wit legitimate

Symon, D.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Caesalpinaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 105 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lysiphyllum (Benth.) de Wit legitimate

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 56, 328 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Phanera Lour. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Barklya F.Muell. legitimate

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 334 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Piliostigma Hochst. nom. cons.

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Caesalpiniaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 200-201 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Bauhinia. Flora of Australia 12: 160 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Phanera Lour. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Piliostigma Hochst. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Bauhinia sect. Lysiphyllum Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lysiphyllum (Benth.) de Wit legitimate

• APC Comment: Lysiphyllum, Phanera and Piliostigma are recognised as distinct genera in Qld.
• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), ChI (native and naturalised), NT, SA, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 97 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 95 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT, Qld (naturalised)

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