Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 658 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Aotus villosa var. subspinescens Benth. legitimate

Wiecek, B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Aotus. Flora of New South Wales 2: 478 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 763, Fig. 154a-b [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Aotus villosa var. subspinescens Benth. legitimate common name: Mallee Aotus [n/a]

Wiecek, B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Aotus. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 537 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Aotus villosa var. subspinescens Benth. legitimate misapplication: Aotus villosa Sm. legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 443 misapplication: Aotus ericoides (Vent.) G.Don legitimate by Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 185

• APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic

---