Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 158 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N.S. Wales. Near Kiama, Illawarra, Backhouse."

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

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 105 [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]

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): 99-100 [secondary reference]

James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Bossiaea. Flora of New South Wales 2: 506-507 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NSW

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

Thompson, I.R. (9 July 2012), A revision of eastern Australian Bossiaea (Fabaceae: Bossiaeae). Muelleria 30(2): 127-128, Figs 4, 5 (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here selected): K 000278246, image seen in Kew Herbarium Catalogue; isolectotype: K 000278247, image seen in Kew Herbarium Catalogue.

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