Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (1842), Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species. London Journal of Botany 1: 323 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Liverpool Range, N. Coast, A. Cunningham."

Seemann, B.C. (1852), Die in Europa eingeführten Acacien: mit Berücksichtigung der gärtnerischen Namen: 7, t. 1 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (24 October 1854), Second general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the Colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 4, 11 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 320 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 320 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Acacia glaucoptera Benth. legitimate by Seemann, B.C. (1852), Die in Europa eingeführten Acacien: mit Berücksichtigung der gärtnerischen Namen: 7, t. 1

Court, A.B. (30 August 1971), A new combination in the genus Bossiaea Vent. (Papilionaceae). Muelleria 2(2): 139 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "... first collected near the mouth of the Liverpool River (ca. 12°15′S and 134°12′E) on the north coast of Australia by Allan Cunningham on 7 August 1819 under the number 405/1819. ...Two Cunningham specimens are filed at K. One of these (illustrated here by Plate 18) is from Cunningham's personal herbarium written up by Robert Heward and referring directly to Cunningham's manuscript. This specimen is chosen as the letotype ..."

Court, A.B. (30 August 1971), A new combination in the genus Bossiaea Vent. (Papilionaceae). Muelleria 2(2): 139 [basionym]

basionym of: Bossiaea bossiaeoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Court legitimate

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 51 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bossiaea bossiaeoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Court legitimate

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Excluded Names. Flora of Australia 11B: 446 [secondary reference]

• Text: "This is the base name for Bossiaea bossiaeoides (Benth.) Court; see A.B.Court, Muelleria 2: 139 (1971)."

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 584 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Acacia glaucoptera Benth. legitimate by Seemann, B.C. (1852), Die in Europa eingeführten Acacien: mit Berücksichtigung der gärtnerischen Namen: 7, t. 1

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Acacia glaucoptera Benth. legitimate by Seemann, B.C. (1852), Die in Europa eingeführten Acacien: mit Berücksichtigung der gärtnerischen Namen: 7, t. 1

Ross, J.H. (24 May 2006), A conspectus of the Western Australian Bossiaea species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae). Muelleria 23: 116 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bossiaea bossiaeoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Court legitimate

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