Pedley, L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Appendix: Chamaecrista. Flora of Australia 12: 197, 145, Fig. 66, Map 155 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "14.5 miles [c. 23 km] W of Borroloola, N.T., Mar. 1959, G.Chippendale NT 5545; holo: DNA; iso: BRI, CANB, MEL, NSW, PERTH."

• Etymology: "Named in honour of Mr David E. Symon, Australian taxonomist well known for his studies of Solanum and Cassia s. lat."

Pedley, L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Chamaecrista. Flora of Australia 12: 145, Fig. 66, Map 155 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Cassia pumila Lam. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), A Record of the Plants collected by Mr Pemberton Walcott and Mr Maitland Brown, in the year 1861, during Mr F. Gregory's Exploring Expedition into North-West Australia. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal n. ser 17(2): 219

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Chamaecrista sp. (Doomagee R.Pullen 9607) [n/a] misapplication: Cassia pumila Lam. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(19): 47, 49

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Moore, P. (2005), A guide to plants of inland Australia: 83 (photo, map) [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cassia pumila Lam. legitimate common name: Dwarf Cassia [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Chamaecrista sp. (Doomagee R.Pullen 9607) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Caesalpinia sp. Doomagee (R.Pullen 9607) [n/a] misapplication: Cassia pumila Lam. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(19): 47, 49

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