Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844), Leguminosae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1): 25 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In solo limoso ad ripam fluvii Preston (Wellington) d. 13. Dec. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 824."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 10 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 32 [secondary reference]

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]

Crisp, M.D. (30 June 1995), Revision of Brachysema (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 8(3): 325 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: In solo limoso ad ripam fluvii Preston (Wellington), 13 Dec. 1839, L. Preiss 824 (lectotype, here designated: NY; isolectotypes BR, C (2 sheets), FI-W, G (3 sheets), GOET, HBG, K, L, (3 sheets), LD, MEL (2 sheets), MO, P, S (2 sheets), W (2 sheets).

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 736-737 [secondary reference]

Chandler, G.T., Crisp, M.D., Cayzer, L.W. & Bayer, R.J. (31 October 2002), Monograph of Gastrolobium (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 15(5): 698 [basionym]

basionym of: Gastrolobium praemorsum (Meisn.) G.Chandler & Crisp legitimate

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