Fabaceae Lindl.
Bossiaea rufa R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Aiton, W.T. (1812), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 4: 267 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Nat. of the South-West Coast of New Holland. Robert Brown, Esq."
Maund, B. in Maund, B. & Henslow, J.S. (1838), The Botanist 2: t. 81 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 165 BHL [secondary reference]
misapplication: Bossiaea ensata Sieber ex DC. legitimate by Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Leguminosae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 81
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 167 BHL [misapplied]
misapplied to: Bossiaea ensata Sieber ex DC. legitimate by Maund, B. in Maund, B. & Henslow, J.S. (1838), The Botanist 2: t. 81
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 37 [secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 728 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Bossiaea ensata Sieber ex DC. legitimate by Maund, B. in Maund, B. & Henslow, J.S. (1838), The Botanist 2: t. 81
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 92 [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: 241 [secondary reference]
Ross, J.H. (30 March 1994), Notes on Western Australian Bossiaea species (Fabaceae): 2. Muelleria 8(2): 213, fig. 1 (map) BHL [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: King Georges Sound, Western Australia, R.Brown 4831 (BM, the three pieces of plant material mounted on the right hand side of the sheet here selected as the lectotype).
nomenclatural synonym: Bossiaea rufa var. normalis Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea paucifolia Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea virgata Hook. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea rufa var. virgata (Hook.) Benth. legitimate
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 735 [secondary reference]
Ross, J.H. (24 May 2006), A conspectus of the Western Australian Bossiaea species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae). Muelleria 23: 108-110, Figs 37 (map) 38, BHL [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Bossiaea rufa var. normalis Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea paucifolia Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea virgata Hook. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea rufa var. virgata (Hook.) Benth. legitimate
Ross, J.H. (24 May 2006), A conspectus of the Western Australian Bossiaea species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae). Muelleria 23: 110 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Bossiaea praetermissa J.H.Ross legitimate by Maund, B. in Maund, B. & Henslow, J.S. (1838), The Botanist 2: t. 81
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Bossiaea rufa R.Br. var. rufa legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea rufa Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea paucifolia Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea virgata Hook. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea rufa var. normalis Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea rufa var. virgata (Hook.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea pauciflora A.D.Chapm. orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 86 [secondary reference]