Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 734 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 327 [secondary reference]

Andrews, H.C. (1803), The Botanist's Repository for New, and Rare Plants 5: t. 319 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 117 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 140 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 408 [secondary reference]

• Type: Vicia sativa L.

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 323 [secondary reference]

common name: Vetch [n/a]

• Etymology: Latin name of some vetch, probably V. sativa.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 475 [secondary reference]

common name: Vetch [n/a]

• Etymology: "Latin name of some vetch, probably V. sativa."

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 163 [secondary reference]

common name: Tare [n/a] common name: Vetch [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 256 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 224-226 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 166 [secondary reference]

common name: Tare [n/a] common name: Vetch [n/a]

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 171-172 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 601 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 130 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 313-315 [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: 307-308 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.L. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Vicia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 447 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 165 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ervum L. legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 188 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 709-710 [secondary reference]

Holland, A.E. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Vicia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 616 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 787 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 897 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Ervum L. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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