Turczaninow, P.K.N.S. (1853), Papilionaceae. Podalyrieae et Loteae Australasicae Non-Nullae, Hucusque non Descriptae. Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 26(1): 284 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Drum. V. n. 84."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 159 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bossiaea calycina Benth. nom. illeg.

Domin, K. (1923), New Additions to the Flora of Western Australia. Vestnik Kralovske Ceske Spolecnosti Nauk, Trida Matematiko-Prirodevedecke 2: 39 [basionym]

basionym of: Bossiaea spinosa (Turcz.) Domin legitimate

Ross, J.H. (7 April 1983), A revision of the genus Platylobium Sm. (Papilionaceae). Muelleria 5(2): 141 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bossiaea spinosa (Turcz.) Domin legitimate

Ross, J.H. (24 May 2006), A conspectus of the Western Australian Bossiaea species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae). Muelleria 23: 60 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: 'Drum. V. n. 84.'; 1849, J. Drummond 5th collection, No. 84; lecto.: KW (here selected); isolecto.: K, MEL 651103, PERTH.

Ross, J.H. (24 May 2006), A conspectus of the Western Australian Bossiaea species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae). Muelleria 23: 60 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bossiaea spinosa (Turcz.) Domin legitimate

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