Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1806), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 7: 130 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Aeschynomene cannabina Retz. legitimate

Burbidge, N.T. (1965), The Australian species of Sesbania Scopoli (Leguminosae). Australian Journal of Botany 13(1): 118 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Aeschynomene cannabina Retz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sesbania australis F.Muell. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Sesbania aculeata Poir. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 213 pro parte misapplication: Sesbania sericea (Willd.) Link legitimate by Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 758-759

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 191 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sesbania aculeata Poir. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. pro parte misapplication: Sesbania sericea (Willd.) Link legitimate by Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 758-759

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

doubtful pro parte misapplication: Sesbania aculeata Poir. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 213 misapplication: Sesbania sericea (Willd.) Link legitimate by Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 758-759 trade name: Sesbania australis F.Muell. legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 411 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 127 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 297, 300, Fig. 49D [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Aeschynomene cannabina Retz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sesbania sericea var. subsinguliflora Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sesbania sericea var. glabra Domin nom. illeg. pro parte misapplication: Sesbania aculeata Poir. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 398-399 common name: Sesbania Pea [n/a]

• Comment: Cited as Sesbania cannabina (Retz.) Poir.

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 99 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 432, Fig. 131D [secondary reference]

common name: Sesbania Pea [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 98, Fig. 28 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 67 [secondary reference]

Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 99, Fig. 19 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 3352 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 215-216 [secondary reference]

common name: Yellow Pea Bush [n/a] common name: Sesbania Pea [n/a]

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

orthographic variant: Sesban cannabina Poir. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Aeschynomene cannabina Retz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sesbania australis F.Muell. legitimate isonym: Sesbania cannabina (Retz.) Pers. isonym misapplication: Sesbania bispinosa Steud. nom. inval., pro syn. by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 99, 284

• APC Comment: Varietal rank not recognised in WA.
• APC Dist.: WA, CoI (naturalised), AR (naturalised), NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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