Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 283 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia. Arnhem N. Bay, R. Brown."

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

Symon, D.E. (December 1966), A revision of the genus Cassia L. Caesalpiniaceae in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 90: 94 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cassia timoriensis DC. legitimate

Randell, B.R. (21 September 1990), Revision of the Cassiinae in Australia. 3. Senna Miller sect. Senna. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 13: 14 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Arnhem North Bay [Melville Bay, N.T.], R. Brown 4255, 14.ii.1803, BM (photo), (bearing a Type label, but not clear by whom identified as such, (lectotype here designated).

Randell, B.R. & Barlow, B.A. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Senna. Flora of Australia 12: 127 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Senna timoriensis (DC.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Senna timoriensis (DC.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby legitimate

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