Lindley, J. (1835), Note upon a handsome and hardy plant, called Clianthus puniceus. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London ser. 2, 1: 522-523 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. in novae Hollandiae ora septentrionali-occidentali : in insulis aridis sabulosis Archipelagi Dampier. 1699. Gulielm. Dampier. 1818. Allan C."

taxonomic synonym: Donia formosa G.Don legitimate

• Etymology: "As there cannot well be any doubt of the identity of the plant Dampier found in 1699, on one of the islands of the Archipelago, now bearing his name, (of which, a small specimen, without leaves, is still preserved in the Sherardian Herbarium at Oxford), and the above species, observed sparingly on the same arid group by myself, in the voyage of Captain P. P. King, R. N. in 1818, I have dedicated it to that very celebrated navigator, its discoverer."
• Comment: nom. illeg., nom. superfl., as the epithet formosus was available in Clianthus in 1835 and thus ought to have been adopted by Cunningham.

Brown, R. in Sturt, C. (1849), Botanical Appendix. Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia 2: 71 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Donia speciosa G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Clianthus oxleyi A.Cunn. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Colutea novaehollandiae R.Br. nom. inval., pro syn.

Walpers, W.G. (January 1852), Annales Botanices Systematicae 2(2): 368 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Donia speciosa G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Clianthus oxleyi A.Cunn. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Colutea novaehollandiae Walp. nom. inval., pro syn.

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

nomenclatural synonym: Donia formosa G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Donia speciosa G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Clianthus oxleyi A.Cunn. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 39 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 4 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 122 [secondary reference]

common name: Sturt's desert pea [n/a]

Ascherson, P.F.A. & Graebner, K.O.R.P.P. in Ascherson, P.F.A. & Graebner, K.O.R.P.P. (ed.) (30 March 1909), Synopsis der Mitteleuropaischen Flora 6(2), 7: 725 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 138 [secondary reference]

common name: Sturt's Pea [n/a]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 121, 122, Plate XXXV, 200 [secondary reference]

common name: Sturt's Desert Pea [n/a] common name: Glory Flower [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 317 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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

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

misapplied to: Clianthus speciosus var. oxleyi (A.Cunn.) Domin legitimate by Brown, R. in Sturt, C. (1849), Botanical Appendix. Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia 2: 71

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 466 [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 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 160 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Clianthus formosus (G.Don) Ford & Vickery 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

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

orthographic variant: Clianthus dampierii F.Muell. orth. var.

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: "Syntypes: W. Dampier s.n., 1699, Dampier’s Archipelago (OXF, n.v.); A. Cunningham s.n., 1818, Malus Island, Dampier’s Archipelago (?BM, n.v.)."

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

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

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

taxonomic synonym of: Donia formosa G.Don legitimate

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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