Fabaceae Lindl.
Bossiaea Vent. , nom. cons., scientific
Ventenat, E.P. (1800), Description des Plantes Nouvelles et peu connues, cultivees dans le Jardin de J.M. Cels 1: 7, pl. 7 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Bossiaea heterophylla Vent.
  • Etymology: "Genre consacré à la mémoire de Boissieu-Lamartinière, qui accompagna La Pérouse dans son Voyage autour du Monde."
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 154 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Scottia R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lalage Lindl. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 37 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Scottia R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lalage Lindl. legitimate
Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 260-262 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 96, 105-106, 116 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 132 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 114, 198 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 303 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: After Bossieu de la Martiniere, botanist to the expedition of La Perouse. The whole expedition perished by shipwreck on the reefs near the island of Vanikoro in 1788.
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 445 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 141-142 [secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 253 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 214-216 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 147 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 118 [secondary reference]
Lee, A.T. & Thompson, J. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 101(2): 96-118 [secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 266-269 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Papilionaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 239-240 [secondary reference]
James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Bossiaea. Flora of New South Wales 2: 504 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 369 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 51 [secondary reference]
Ross, J.H. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Bossiaea. Flora of Victoria 3: 808-810 [secondary reference]
James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Bossiaea. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 510 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 733 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 201 [secondary reference]
Ross, J.H. (24 May 2006), A conspectus of the Western Australian Bossiaea species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae). Muelleria 23: 22-23 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Scottia R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lalage Lindl. legitimate
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 115 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Platylobium Sm. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Bossieua Pers. orth. var. orthographic variant: Boissiaea Lem. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Scottia R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lalage Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scottea Benth. orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Thompson, I.R. (9 July 2012), A revision of eastern Australian Bossiaea (Fabaceae: Bossiaeae). Muelleria 30(2): 113 BHL [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Bossieua Pers. orth. var. orthographic variant: Boissiaea Lem. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Scottia R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lalage Lindl. legitimate