Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 762 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 336 [secondary reference]

Don, G. (1831), A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 1: 124 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 189 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Meladenia Turcz. legitimate

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

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 118, 120 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 136 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 125 [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: 360 [secondary reference]

• Type: Psoralea bituminosa L.

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 315-316 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: From Greek psoraleos, scabby: referring to the glands on the plants.

Green, M.L. in Ramsbottom, J., Wilmott, A.J., Wakefield, E.M. & Sprague, T.A. (ed.) (August 1929), The application of Linnean generic names to be determined by means of specified Standard-species. Nomenclature: Proposals by British Botanists: 176 [secondary reference]

• Type: Psoralea pinnata L.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 463 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek psoraleos, scabby ; alluding to the immersed glands in the tissue of the plants."

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 159-160 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 256 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 228 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 163 [secondary reference]

Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 2: 1008 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lotodes Kuntze legitimate

Lee, A.T. (23 December 1980), The Psoralea patens complex. Telopea 2(1): 129-141 [secondary reference]

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: 125 [secondary reference]

Maconochie, J.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Psoralea. Flora of Central Australia: 166-167 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 288 [secondary reference]

Norris, E.H. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Psoralea. Flora of New South Wales 2: 425 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 424-425 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 95 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 680 [secondary reference]

Norris, E.H. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Psoralea. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 591 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 772 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 713 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Lotodes Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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