Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 11 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Gordon, Tone, and Blackwood rivers, Oldfield."

Domin, K. (1923), New Additions to the Flora of Western Australia. Vestnik Kralovske Ceske Spolecnosti Nauk, Trida Matematiko-Prirodevedecke 2: 26 [basionym]

basionym of: Brachysema sericeum var. angustifolium (Benth.) Domin legitimate

Crisp, M.D. (30 June 1995), Revision of Brachysema (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 8(3): 343 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Gordon, Tone and Blackwood Rivers, Oldfield; lectotype (here designated): banks of the Blackwood River, A.F. Oldfield s.n. (K); isolectotype MEL 91489; syntypes: Gordon River, A.F. Oldfield s.n. (G (3 sheets), K, MEL 91477, 91479 and 91480); Tone River, A.F. Oldfield s.n. (L, MEL 91474).

Crisp, M.D. (30 June 1995), Revision of Brachysema (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 8(3): 343 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Brachysema melanopetalum F.Muell. legitimate

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): 692 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gastrolobium melanopetalum (F.Muell.) G.Chandler & Crisp legitimate

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