Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 716 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Jamaica & Caribaeis."

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xliii [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(19): 53 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 183 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Crotalaria cubensis DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Crotalaria affinis DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Crotalaria schimperi A.Rich. legitimate

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 5 [secondary reference]

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

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 133 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 735 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Crotalaria affinis DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Crotalaria cubensis DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Crotalaria herbacea Schweigg. ex Schrank legitimate taxonomic synonym: Crotalaria schimperi A.Rich. legitimate

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]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 239 [secondary reference]

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 154 [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): 144-146 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 276 APC [secondary reference]

common name: Woolly Rattlepod [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised)

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]

Gardner, C.L. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Crotalaria. Flora of New South Wales 2: 520 [secondary reference]

common name: Woolly Rattlepod [n/a]

Turland, N.J. & Jarvis, C.E. (ed.) (August 1997), Typification of Linnaean specific and varietal names in Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Taxon 46: 467 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(designated here by Polhill): [icon] "Crotalaria trifolia fruticosa folijs rotundis incanis floribus spicatis è viridiluteis fructu pubescente" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: t. 179, f. 1. 1725. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 6: 6, right-hand plant"

Gardner, C.L. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Crotalaria. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 501 [secondary reference]

common name: Woolly Rattlepod [n/a]

Ninkaew, S., Balslev, H., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Chantaranothai, P. (2017), Crotalaria L. (Fabaceae: Faboideae) in continental Southeast Asia. Phytotaxa 320(1): 27, Figs 11 (map), 30H, 30I [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "JAMAICA, Sloane 6 (lectotype searched for, but not located at BM)."

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