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

• Type: "Broad Sound, R. Brown, Bowman; Ottley's Station, Leichhardt; Paramatta Woolls."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 151 [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: 90 [basionym]

basionym of: Cassia barclayana var. pubescens (Benth.) Symon legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 95 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cassia barclayana var. pubescens (Benth.) Symon legitimate

Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Caesalpiniaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 390 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cassia barclayana Sweet legitimate

Randell, B.R. (1 August 1988), Revision of the Cassiinae in Australia. 1. Senna Miller sect. Chamaefistula (Colladon) Irwin and Barneby. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11(1): 39 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: " "Broad Sound, R. Brown 101, 1802", BM lower specimen (! in photograph) lectotype here designated, isolectotypes BM, K (! in photograph), MEL ! (2 sheets)."

Randell, B.R. (1 August 1988), Revision of the Cassiinae in Australia. 1. Senna Miller sect. Chamaefistula (Colladon) Irwin and Barneby. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11(1): 39 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Senna clavigera (Domin) Randell legitimate

Randell, B.R. & Barlow, B.A. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Senna. Flora of Australia 12: 128 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Senna clavigera (Domin) Randell legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Senna clavigera (Domin) Randell legitimate

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