Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 713 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Jamaica."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 12(94): 19 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 40, 142 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 407 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 139 [secondary reference]

Rudd, V.E. (1955), The American species of Aeschynomene. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 32(1): 23-30 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Jamaica, B.W.I. Type collected by Sloane."

Rudd, V.E. (1959), The Genus Aeschynomene in Malaysia (Leguminosae - Papilionatae). Reinwardtia 5(1): 25-27 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 239 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 32 [secondary reference]

Reynolds, S.T. (21 August 1990), Aeschynomeneae (Benth.) Hutch. (Leguminosae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(2): 182 [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: Infraspecific rank not recognised in the NT.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 46-47, Fig. 16 [secondary reference]

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

misapplied to: Aeschynomene villosa Poir. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 12(94): 19

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Aeschynomene villosa Poir. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 407

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Aeschymomene americana F.Muell. orth. var.

• APC Comment: Infraspecific rank not recognised in the NT.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

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