Lindley, J. in Lindley, J. (ed.) (1829), Scottia angustifolia. Narrow-leaved Scottia. Edwards's Botanical Register 15: 1266, pl. 1266 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "... Mr Mackay of the Clapton Nursery, by whom it was raised from New Holland seeds. ... Our drawing was made ... in January of the present year."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 157 [basionym]

basionym of: Bossiaea dentata var. angustifolia (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate

Ross, J.H. (24 May 2006), A conspectus of the Western Australian Bossiaea species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae). Muelleria 23: 37 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: 'Mr Mackay of the Clapton Nursery, by whom it was raised from New Holland seeds .... Our drawing was made .... in January of the present year': Specimen taken from a plant cultivated by Mr Mackay of Clapton Nursery, 1829; lecto.: CGE (here selected).

Ross, J.H. (24 May 2006), A conspectus of the Western Australian Bossiaea species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae). Muelleria 23: 37 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bossiaea dentata (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bossiaea dentata (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

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