Mueller, F.J.H. von (1860), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 2(13): 88 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad ripas subsalinas rivorum fluminibus Victoria et Fitzmaurice River adfluentium in vicinia montium Macadam Range."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 212 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poir. legitimate

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 760 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poir. legitimate

Burbidge, N.T. (1965), The Australian species of Sesbania Scopoli (Leguminosae). Australian Journal of Botany 13(1): 115 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Of the Melbourne sheets examined only one (MEL 1336), with Mueller's own label "Freshwater creeks towards the Fitzmaurice River Oct. '55 ferd. Mueller", seems eligible for selection as lectotype."

Burbidge, N.T. (1965), The Australian species of Sesbania Scopoli (Leguminosae). Australian Journal of Botany 13(1): 115 [basionym]

basionym of: Sesbania formosa (F.Muell.) N.T.Burb. legitimate

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 159 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sesbania formosa (F.Muell.) N.T.Burb. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Agati formosum F.Muell. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Sesbania formosa (F.Muell.) N.T.Burb. legitimate

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