Loureiro, J. de (1790), Flora Cochinchinensis Edn. 1, 2: 641, 653 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Neptunia oleracea Lour

Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (December 1841), Notes on Mimoseae with a short synopsis of species. The Journal of Botany 4(31): 355 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 300 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 43 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dichrostachys (DC.) Wight & Arn. nom. cons.

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 118, 119 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 154 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 47 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 291 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin name of some water plant, from Neptunus, Neptune."

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 429 [secondary reference]

Windler, D.R. (1966), A revision of the genus Neptunia (Leguminosae). Australian Journal of Botany 14(3): 379-420 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 592 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 151 [secondary reference]

Whibley, D.J.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (Neptunia, Prosopis). Flora of Central Australia: 114 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Mimosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 333, 335 [secondary reference]

Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Neptunia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 327 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Mimosaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 341 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 27 [secondary reference]

Cowan, R.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Mimosaceae. Flora of Australia 12: 21 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 87 [secondary reference]

Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Neptunia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 380 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 582 [secondary reference]

Bean, A.R. (16 November 2022), A revision of Neptunia Lour. (Leguminosae: subfamily Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoid clade) in Australia and Malesia. Austrobaileya 12: 63-64 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hemidesmas Raf. legitimate

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