Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1786), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 2(1): 201 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Cette plante croît dans les Indes orientales, & nous a été communiquée par M. Sonnerat. (v.s.)"

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): 56 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881), Plants of North-Western Australia. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 16 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 38, 142 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 2: 3 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1887), Plants collected in Capricornic Western Australia, by H.S. King. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 23: 53 [secondary reference]

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

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 734 [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): 208-209 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate

Ali, S.I. (December 1966), A taxonomic study of the genus Crotalaria Linn. from West Pakistan. Biologia 12(2): 24-25 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Indes orientales, Sonnerat (P-not seen)."

Niyomdham, C. (1978), A Revision of the genus Crotalaria Linn. (Papilionaceae) in Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin. Botany 11: 140-142 [secondary reference]

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 154, Fig. 177A [secondary reference]

misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 183

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): 165-167 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Crotalaria luxurians Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Crotalaria medicaginea var. australiensis Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Crotalaria medicaginea var. angustata Domin legitimate misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 183 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 375 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 141 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 62 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Beard, J.S. in Beard, J.S. (ed.) (1970), Descriptive Catalogue of West Australian Plants Edn. 2: 65 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 239

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 275-276 [secondary reference]

common name: Trefoil Rattlepod [n/a]

• Comment: Included under Crotalaria trifoliastrum in the Queensland Flora.

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

misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 62 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Beard, J.S. in Beard, J.S. (ed.) (1970), Descriptive Catalogue of West Australian Plants Edn. 2: 65 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 51

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: 521-522 [secondary reference]

common name: Trefoil Rattlepod [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 385-386, Fig. 114C [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 305 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 60-61, Fig. 19 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Willdenow, C.L. (1802), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 3(2): 983

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 154 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.L. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Crotalaria. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 502 [secondary reference]

common name: Trefoil Rattlepod [n/a]

Holland, A.E. (30 September 2002), A review of Crotalaria L. (Fabaceae: Crotalarieae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 6(2): 315-316, Map 6 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 183 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 375 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 141 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 62 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Beard, J.S. in Beard, J.S. (ed.) (1970), Descriptive Catalogue of West Australian Plants Edn. 2: 65 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 239

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

orthographic variant: Cratalaria medicaginea F.Muell. orth. var. misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 183 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 375 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917), The Flora of the Northern Territory: 141 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 62 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Beard, J.S. in Beard, J.S. (ed.) (1970), Descriptive Catalogue of West Australian Plants Edn. 2: 65 misapplication: Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd. legitimate by Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 239

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Ninkaew, S., Balslev, H., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Chantaranothai, P. (2017), Crotalaria L. (Fabaceae: Faboideae) in continental Southeast Asia. Phytotaxa 320(1): 35, Figs 13 (map), 30L [secondary reference]

• Type: "INDIA. Sonnerat s.n. (holotype P-LA n.v.)."

Turner, I.M. (24 January 2022), From Tranquebar to Madras and back again, again: Typification of the plant names published in Rottler’s account of an Indian journey in 1799–1800. Taxon 71(2): [online only] [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "second step designated here): Anon. s.n. [?P. Sonnerat leg.] (P-LA barcode P00295938 [image!])."

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