Bentham, G. in Lindley, J. (ed.) (1841), Miscellaneous Notices. Edwards's Botanical Register 27: 53, no. 108 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "A little Swan River Bush ... I have been favoured with specimens by R. Mangles, Esq. of Sunning Hill, and by Messrs. Lowe and Co. of Clapton ..."

Lindley, J. in Lindley, J. (ed.) (1843), Edwards's Botanical Register 29: t. 63 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 166 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bossiaea rufa var. virgata (Hook.) Benth. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 166 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bossiaea rufa var. foliosa Benth. 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): 263 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bossiaea rufa var. virgata (Hook.) Benth. legitimate

Ross, J.H. (30 March 1994), Notes on Western Australian Bossiaea species (Fabaceae): 2. Muelleria 8(2): 213 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bossiaea rufa R.Br. legitimate

Ross, J.H. (24 May 2006), A conspectus of the Western Australian Bossiaea species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae). Muelleria 23: 86 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Bossiaea spinescens Meisn. legitimate by Lindley, J. in Lindley, J. (ed.) (1843), Edwards's Botanical Register 29: t. 63

Ross, J.H. (24 May 2006), A conspectus of the Western Australian Bossiaea species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae). Muelleria 23: 108 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bossiaea rufa R.Br. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Bossiaea pauciflora A.D.Chapm. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bossiaea rufa R.Br. legitimate

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