Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Leguminosae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 82 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In limoso-lapidosis sterilibus summitatis montis Bakewell (York) d. 11. Sept. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 1031. fl. et fr. et in glareosis sylvae inter praedia rustica Dom. Barker et Lennard (York) d. 12. Apr. 1840. No. 1030. fr. (Drummond n. 259 et coll. I.)"

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

taxonomic synonym of: Bossiaea rufa var. foliosa Benth. legitimate

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: 242 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea rufa var. foliosa Benth. legitimate

Ross, J.H. (24 May 2006), A conspectus of the Western Australian Bossiaea species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae). Muelleria 23: 86-89, Figs 27, 28 (map) APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Bossiaea rufa var. foliosa Benth. legitimate misapplication: Bossiaea paucifolia Benth. legitimate by Lindley, J. in Lindley, J. (ed.) (1843), Edwards's Botanical Register 29: t. 63

• 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]

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