Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 751 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 140 [secondary reference]

Anonymous (1884), Feuilleton. Die Reis und Indigopflanze in Australien einheimisch. Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 40: 572 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 160 [basionym]

basionym of: Anila tinctoria (L.) Kuntze legitimate

Holtze, M. (1892), Introduced plants in the Northern Territory. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 15: 2 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 137 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 124 [secondary reference]

• Comment: Occurs in Queensland.

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 240 [secondary reference]

Kort, I. de & Thijsse, G. (1984), A revision of the genus Indigofera (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae) in Southeast Asia. Blumea 30(1): 136-137 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Hermann vol. 3, fol. 20 (BM), Sri Lanka."

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 35 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. & Rowe, R. in Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Indigofera. Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 89, Fig. 26 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Anila tinctoria (L.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Anil tinctoria A.D.Chapm. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Indigofera argentea L. nom. illeg.

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

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