Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (June 1816), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 4(1): 76 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Cette plante croît dans les favannes à Porto-Ricco, où elle a été découverte par M. Ledru."

Rudd, V.E. (1955), The American species of Aeschynomene. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 32(1): 32-37 [secondary reference]

Rudd, V.E. (1959), The Genus Aeschynomene in Malaysia (Leguminosae - Papilionatae). Reinwardtia 5(1): 27-28 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 91 [secondary reference]

• Text: Naturalised in WA

Reynolds, S.T. (21 August 1990), Aeschynomeneae (Benth.) Hutch. (Leguminosae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(2): 183 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 366 [secondary reference]

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

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

nomenclatural synonym: Aeschynomene villosa Poir. var. villosa legitimate misapplication: Aeschynomene americana L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 12(94): 19 misapplication: Aeschynomene americana L. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 407

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

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