Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1857), Nova genera et species aliquot rariores in Plagis Australiae Intratropicis nuperrime detecta. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 9: 21 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In collibus plantitiebusque graniticis prope originem rivi Sturt's Creek."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 253 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 775 [basionym]

basionym of: Erythrina vespertilio var. biloba (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Barneby, R.C. & Krukoff, B.A. (1974), Conspectus of species of the genus Erythrina. Lloydia 37(3): 435 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Erythrina vespertilio Benth. legitimate

Bean, A.R. (18 December 2008), A taxonomic revision of Eryrthrina L. (Fabaceae: Faboideae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 7(4): 650 [basionym]

basionym of: Erythrina vespertilio subsp. biloba (F.Muell.) A.R.Bean legitimate

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