Bentham, G. in Miquel, F.A.W. (August 1852), Leguminosae. Plantae Junghuhnianae 2: 264, adnot. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Australia tropica ad Careening-Bay (Cunningham)."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 295 [basionym]

basionym of: Bauhinia cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth. legitimate

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 798 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bauhinia cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth. legitimate

Wit, H.C.D. de (1956), A revision of Malaysian Bauhinieae. Reinwardtia 3(4): 431 [basionym]

basionym of: Lysiphyllum cunninghamii (Benth.) de Wit legitimate

Larsen, K. & Larsen, S.S. (1983), The genus Bauhinia in Australia. Taxonomy and palynology. Botanica Helvetica 93: 215 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Cunningham 224/1820 Carrening [sic] Bay. Lectotype (here selected) NSW, iso-: K, NE.

Larsen, K. & Larsen, S.S. (1983), The genus Bauhinia in Australia. Taxonomy and palynology. Botanica Helvetica 93: 215 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bauhinia cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth. legitimate

George, A.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Bauhinia. Flora of Australia 12: 163 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bauhinia cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Phanera cunninghami Benth. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Bauhinia cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lysiphyllum cunninghamii (Benth.) de Wit legitimate

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