Linnaeus, C. (1763), Species Plantarum Edn. 2, 2: 1037 [tax. nov.]

Ehrhart, J.F. (1780), Hannoverisches Magazin worin kleine Abhandlungen 15: 229 [basionym]

basionym of: Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (L.) Ehrh. legitimate

Chater, A.O. & Brummitt, R.K. (1966), Subspecies in the works of Friedrich Ehrhart. Taxon 15(3): 104 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (L.) Ehrh. legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 188 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (L.) Ehrh. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 710 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (L.) Ehrh. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (L.) Ehrh. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (L.) Ehrh. legitimate

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