Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 290 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown (Herb. R. Br.)"

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

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 152 [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: 105-106 [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): 238 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 15 [secondary reference]

Randell, B.R. (19 December 1989), Revision of Cassiinae in Australia 2. Senna Miller sect. Psilorhegma (J.Vogel) Irwin & Barneby. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 12(2): 258 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Carpentaria Islands, R. Brown 4254, 21.i.1803, (No. 22 Descr.), BM (photo), lectotype here chosen; isolectotypes: K and E (Symon 1966), MEL.!"

Randell, B.R. (19 December 1989), Revision of Cassiinae in Australia 2. Senna Miller sect. Psilorhegma (J.Vogel) Irwin & Barneby. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 12(2): 258 [basionym]

basionym of: Senna leptoclada (Benth.) Randell legitimate

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 37 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Senna leptoclada (Benth.) Randell legitimate

Randell, B.R. & Barlow, B.A. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Senna. Flora of Australia 12: 117 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Senna leptoclada (Benth.) Randell legitimate

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