Leonard, J.J.G. (1954), Notulae systematicae XV. Papilionaceae-Hedysareae Africanae (Aeschynomene, Alysicarpus, Ormocarpum). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'Etat a Bruxelles 24: 88, fig. 11. [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hedysarum ovalifolium Schumach. & Thonn. legitimate

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 50 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Alysicarpus vaginalis (L.) DC. legitimate

Pedley, L. (11 December 2001), Alysicarpus (Leguminosae: Desmodieae) in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 6(1): 113 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum ovalifolium Schumach. & Thonn. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 50 pro parte misapplication: Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC. legitimate by Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 367, Fig. 108C pro parte misapplication: Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC. legitimate by Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 49-50, Fig. 16 misapplication: Alysicarpus vaginalis (L.) DC. legitimate by Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 50, Fig. 16

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

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