Aiton, W.T. (1812), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 4: 268 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nat. of Van Diemen's Island. Robert Brown, Esq."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 13 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 160 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea coccinea Bonpl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea cordifolia Sweet legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea tenuicaulis Graham legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 78 [secondary reference]

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

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 36 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 106 [secondary reference]

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: 142 [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): 100-101 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea coccinea Bonpl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea cordifolia Sweet legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea tenuicaulis Graham legitimate

James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Bossiaea. Flora of New South Wales 2: 507 [secondary reference]

Ross, J.H. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Bossiaea. Flora of Victoria 3: 812, Fig. 164g [secondary reference]

common name: Showy Bossiaea [n/a]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Bossiaea. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 513 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Bossiaea cinerea R.Br. var. cinerea legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea cordifolia Sweet legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea tenuicaulis Graham legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea cinerea var. tenuicaulis (Graham) J.M.Black legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

Thompson, I.R. (9 July 2012), A revision of eastern Australian Bossiaea (Fabaceae: Bossiaeae). Muelleria 30(2): 123-124, Figs 4, 5 (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here selected): BM 000885933, image seen in JSTOR Plant Science.

taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea coccinea Bonpl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea tenuicaulis Graham legitimate

Thompson, I.R. (9 July 2012), A revision of eastern Australian Bossiaea (Fabaceae: Bossiaeae). Muelleria 30(2): 126 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Bossiaea cordifolia Sweet legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 160

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 43 [secondary reference]

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