Don, G. (October 1832), A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 2: 468 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Native of the North-west coast of New Holland, at the Curlew river. Capt. King."

Lindley, J. (1835), Note upon a handsome and hardy plant, called Clianthus puniceus. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London ser. 2, 1: 522 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Clianthus dampieri A.Cunn. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 214 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Clianthus dampieri A.Cunn. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 760 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Clianthus speciosus (G.Don) Asch. & Graebn. nom. illeg.

Ford, N. & Vickery, J.W. (22 May 1950), The correct name of Sturt's Desert Pea, Clianthus formosus (G.Don) comb. nov. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(5): 303 [basionym]

basionym of: Clianthus formosus (G.Don) Ford & Vickery legitimate

Thompson, J. (26 September 1990), New species and new contributions in the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae) in New South Wales. Telopea 4(1): 4 [basionym]

basionym of: Swainsona formosa (G.Don) Joy Thomps. legitimate

Thompson, J. (30 September 1993), A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5(3): 469 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Swainsona formosa (G.Don) Joy Thomps. legitimate

George, A.S. (1999), Willdampia, a new generic name for Sturt Pea. Western Australian Naturalist 22(3): 191 [basionym]

basionym of: Willdampia formosa (G.Don) A.S.George legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Swainsona formosa (G.Don) Joy Thomps. legitimate

Orchard, A.E. (2017), Kennedia speciosa A.Cunn., uncertain no more. Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 170: 13 [secondary reference]

• Type: "P.P. King, Curlew River (BM ex herb. Lambert), n.v."

Orchard, A.E. (2017), Kennedia speciosa A.Cunn., uncertain no more. Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 170: 13 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Swainsona formosa (G.Don) Joy Thomps. legitimate

George, A.S. (2018), The type of Sturt pea found. Swainsona 31: 52 [secondary reference]

• Type: ”Northwest coast of New Holland, at the Curlew river, Capt. King”. — Holotype: W.A., Malus Islands, Dampier Archipelago [c. 20°31’S, 116°41’E], [1 March] 1818, A.Cunningham (G 00418563).

nomenclatural synonym: Clianthus formosus (G.Don) Ford & Vickery legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Swainsona formosa (G.Don) Joy Thomps. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Willdampia formosa (G.Don) A.S.George legitimate taxonomic synonym: Clianthus dampieri A.Cunn. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Clianthus dampierii F.Muell. orth. var.

• Comment: "Annotations on the sheet show that the collection details [of the holotype] have also been mistaken: instead of the ‘Curlew River’, collected by Phillip Parker King or Frederick Bedwell, it was collected by Allan Cunningham on the Malus Islands in the Dampier Archipelago."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Swainsona formosa (G.Don) Joy Thomps. legitimate

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