Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 159 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "W. Australia, Drummond, 5th Coll. n. 84 or 85."

taxonomic synonym: Platylobium spinosum Turcz. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 37 [secondary reference]

Ross, J.H. (24 May 2006), A conspectus of the Western Australian Bossiaea species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae). Muelleria 23: 60 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bossiaea spinosa (Turcz.) Domin legitimate

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