Mueller, F.J.H. von (November 1878), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 11(89): 32 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In planitiebus austro-orientalibus Carpentariae praecipue in planitiebus ad flumen Flindersii; Armit."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 39 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. (1965), The Australian species of Sesbania Scopoli (Leguminosae). Australian Journal of Botany 13(1): 127-129, Fig. 10 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sesbania aculeata var. parviflora Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 241 [secondary reference]

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 159, Fig. 182E [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 260 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 36 [secondary reference]

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