Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 714 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 320 [secondary reference]

Aiton, W.T. (1812), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 4: 271 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 178-184 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 38 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pentadynamis R.Br. legitimate

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 266 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 97, 118-119, 123 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 132 [secondary reference]

common name: Pop-pods [n/a] common name: Rattlepods [n/a]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 120 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 346 [secondary reference]

• Type: Crotalaria lotifolia L.

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 305-306 [secondary reference]

common name: Rattlepod [n/a]

• Etymology: From Greco-latin crotalum, a rattle, castanet: the seeds rattle in the pod.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 447 [secondary reference]

Munk, W.J. de (1962), Preliminary revision of some genera of Malaysian Papilionaceae III - a census of the genus Crotalaria. Reinwardtia 6(3): 195-223 [secondary reference]

Niyomdham, C. (1978), A Revision of the genus Crotalaria Linn. (Papilionaceae) in Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin. Botany 11: 105-181 [secondary reference]

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 152-153 [secondary reference]

common name: bird flower [n/a] common name: Rattlepod [n/a]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 601 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 119 [secondary reference]

Lee, A.T. & Thompson, J. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 101(2): 140-167 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 273-279 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.L. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Crotalaria. Flora of New South Wales 2: 516-517 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 379-380 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Fabaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 235 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 195 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 58 [secondary reference]

common name: Rattlepods [n/a]

Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 93-94 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.L. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Crotalaria. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 497 [secondary reference]

common name: Rattlepods [n/a]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 206 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 230 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Pentadynamis R.Br. legitimate

• APC Dist.: CoI (naturalised), ChI, WA (native and naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), SA, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Cratalaria F.Muell. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Pentadynamis R.Br. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), CoI (naturalised), ChI, NT (native and naturalised), SA, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

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