Fabaceae Lindl.
Derris Lour. , nom. cons., scientific
Loureiro, J. de (1790), Flora Cochinchinensis Edn. 1, 2: 432 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Derris trifoliata Lour. (typ. cons.) (ref. I.C.B.N. (1983) 364).
  • Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1978) No. 3838).
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 272 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Brachypterum (Wight & Arn.) Benth. nom. cons.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 42 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Brachypterum (Wight & Arn.) Benth. nom. cons.
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 147 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 135 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: From the Greek derris (a leather coat), referring to the thin skin-like pods of some species.
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: 120 [secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 329, 331 [secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Derris. Flora of New South Wales 2: 403 [secondary reference]
Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Fabaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 209-210 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 66 [secondary reference]
Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 95 [secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Derris. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 570 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 207 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 264 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: ChI, NT, Qld, NSW
Sirichamorn, Y., Adema, F.A.C.B. & Welzen, P.C. van (2012), The genera Aganope, Derris, and Paraderris (Fabaceae, Millettieae) in Thailand. Systematic Botany 37(2): 409-411 [secondary reference]
Sirichamorn, Y., Adema, F.A.C.B., Roos, M.C. & Welzen, P.C. van (2014), Molecular and morphological phylogenetic reconstruction reveals a new generic delimitation of Asian Derris (Fabaceae): Reinstatement of Solori and synonymisation of Paraderris with Derris. Taxon 63(3): 533-534 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Derris sect. Paraderris Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paraderris (Miq.) Geesink legitimate