Linnaeus, C. (19 February 1755), Centuria I. Plantarum: 25 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Aegypto. D. Hasselquist." [given by Zohary, Candollea 27 (1972) 252 as "Hb. Linn. 930/49. Described from Egypt."].

Linnaeus, C. (November 1759), Amoenitates Academicae 4: 286 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 63 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 249 [secondary reference]

common name: Berseem Clover [n/a]

Zohary, M. (1972), A revision of the species of Trifolium sect. Trifolium (Leguminosae). III. Taxonomic treatment (sequel). Candollea 27: 252-253 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 129 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 285 [secondary reference]

common name: Berseem Clover [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 101 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Papilionaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 301 [secondary reference]

common name: Berseem Clover [n/a]

Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Trifolium. Flora of New South Wales 2: 461 [secondary reference]

common name: Berseem Clover [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Trifolium alexandrinum var. serotinum Zohary & Lerner legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Trifolium alexandrinum var. serotinum in Qld.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 47 [secondary reference]

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