Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (1843), Enumeration of Leguminosae, indigenous to Southern Asia and Central and Southern Africa. London Journal of Botany 2: 476 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Grah.! in Wall. Cat. n. 5421 ... Himalaya. Nipal, Wallich!. Firhill at the height of 4 to 5000 feet, Edgeworth!."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(49): 225 [secondary reference]

Baker, J.G. in Hooker, J.D. (May 1876), Leguminosae. The Flora of British India 2(4): 67-68 [secondary reference]

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 4 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 373 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 132 [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): 205 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 274 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Crotalaria acicularis Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. legitimate by Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (1843), Enumeration of Leguminosae, indigenous to Southern Asia and Central and Southern Africa. London Journal of Botany 2: 476

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 93 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 33 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 382-385, Fig. 113F [secondary reference]

Holland, A.E. (30 September 2002), A review of Crotalaria L. (Fabaceae: Crotalarieae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 6(2): 297-299 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (2003), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Crotalaria acicularis Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 274

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

taxonomic synonym: Crotalaria humifusa Graham nom. inval., nom. nud. misapplication: Crotalaria acicularis Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. legitimate by White, C.T. (1936), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 47: 57 misapplication: Crotalaria acicularis Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 274 misapplication: Crotalaria acicularis Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. legitimate by Hacker, J.B. (1990), A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland: 110

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]

Ninkaew, S., Balslev, H., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Chantaranothai, P. (2017), Crotalaria L. (Fabaceae: Faboideae) in continental Southeast Asia. Phytotaxa 320(1): 25-27, Figs 10 (map), 29 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "NEPAL. Himalaya, 1821, Wallich 5421 (lectotype CAL n.v., isolectotypes K001120851!, 000633875!, K000633876!; K-W K001120851!)."

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