Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 210 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Rocky hills, Gorman Creek, Moreton Bay, C. Stuart; Port Bowen, A. Cunningham; Archer's Hill, Leichhardt."

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

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 752 [basionym]

basionym of: Tephrosia brachyodon var. rufescens (Benth.) Domin legitimate

Pedley, L. (1 December 1977), Notes on Leguminosae. I. Austrobaileya 1(1): 38 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Gorman Creek, Moreton Bay, Stuart (ex herb. Mueller) (K, lecto, designated here)"

Pedley, L. (1 December 1977), Notes on Leguminosae. I. Austrobaileya 1(1): 38 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Tephrosia rufula Pedley legitimate

Bosman, M.T.M. & de Haas, A.J.P. (1983), A revision of the genus Tephrosia in Malesia. Blumea 28(2): 468-469 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 294 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Tephrosia rufula Pedley legitimate

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