Bentham, G. (June 1837), Commentationes de Leguminosarum Generibus: 53 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Clitoria sect. Centrosema DC. legitimate

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1978) No. 3858).

Hartley, W. (1953), Standardized Plant Names: a revised list of standard common names for the more important Australian grasses, other pasture plants, and weeds. Bulletin (CSIRO) 272: 21 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 600 [secondary reference]

Voss, E.G. (1983), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Sydney, 1981. Regnum Vegetabile 111: 364 [secondary reference]

• Type: Centrosema brasilianum (L.) Benth., typ. cons.

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 316, 320 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Fabaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 226 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 56 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 204 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 166 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Clitoria sect. Centrosema DC. legitimate

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

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