Fabaceae Lindl.
Brachysema minor Crisp , legitimate, scientific
Crisp, M.D. (30 June 1995), Revision of Brachysema (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 8(3): 334, figs 12,13 (map). [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Western Australia, Mount Barker town limit along road to Porongorup, 34 38'S 117 41'E, 24 Sep. 1979, M.D. Crisp 6105, J. Taylor and R. Jackson (holotypus CBG; isotypi K, MEL, PERTH).
taxonomic synonym: Brachysema sp. 1 (Cranbrook - Mt. Barker) [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is Latin for smaller or less, and refers to the flowers of B. minor, which are smaller than those of the otherwise similar B. latifolium."
  • Text: "Brachysema minor has been cultivated in eastern Australian gardens since about 1960 (J. W. Wrigley, pers. comm.) but under the misapplied names 'B. latifolium' and 'B. sericeum'.
Briggs, J.D. & Leigh, J.H. (1996), Rare or Threatened Australian Plants: 60 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 737 [secondary reference]
Chandler, G.T., Crisp, M.D., Cayzer, L.W. & Bayer, R.J. (31 October 2002), Monograph of Gastrolobium (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 15(5): 694 [basionym]
basionym of: Gastrolobium minus (Crisp) G.Chandler & Crisp legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Gastrolobium minus (Crisp) G.Chandler & Crisp legitimate