Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 279 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. Mount Mueller, near Edgecombe Bay, Dallachy."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 42 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 151 [secondary reference]

Vidal, J.E. & Hul Thol, S. (1974), Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [Series 3] 227: 26 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Caesalpinia brachycarpa (Benth.) Hattink nom. illeg.

Pedley, L. (16 December 1997), Notes on Caesalpinia subg. Mezoneuron (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 5(1): 99 [basionym]

basionym of: Caesalpinia nitens (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Pedley legitimate

George, A.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Caesalpinia. Flora of Australia 12: 65 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Caesalpinia nitens (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Pedley legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 99 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Caesalpinia nitens (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Pedley legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Caesalpinia nitens (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Pedley legitimate

Clark, R.P. (2016), A Taxonomic revision of Mezoneuron (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae: Caesalpinieae). Phytotaxa 274(1): 33 [basionym]

basionym of: Mezoneuron nitens (F.Muell. ex Benth.) R.Clark & Gagnon legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mezoneuron nitens (F.Muell. ex Benth.) R.Clark & Gagnon legitimate

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