Brown, R. in Aiton, W.T. (1811), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 3: 16 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Eutaxia myrtifolia (Smith) R.Br. (nom. illeg.)

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 142-146 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sclerothamnus R.Br. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 37 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sclerothamnus R.Br. legitimate

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 259-260 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 108-109 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 297 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Greek eu, good: taxis, order, row: referring to the regular arrangement of the leaves.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 436 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. (1961), Papilionaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 101(1): 80 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 143 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 121 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 263, 269 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Papilionaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 257 [secondary reference]

Porteners, M.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Eutaxia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 499 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 795 [secondary reference]

Porteners, M.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Eutaxia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 542 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 749 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 329 [secondary reference]

Wilkins, C.F., Chappill, J.A. & Henderson, G.R. (29 September 2010), An account of Eutaxia (Leguminosae: Mirbelieae) with a focus on the Western Australian species. Nuytsia 20: 111-112 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Dillwynia myrtifolia Sm., D. obovata Labill. Lectotype (here designated): Eutaxia myrtifolia (Sm.) R.Br.

taxonomic synonym: Sclerothamnus R.Br. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Sclerothamnus R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eutaxia sect. Sclerothamnus (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Barrett, R.L., Clugston, J.A.R., Cook, L.G., Crisp, M.D., Jobson, P.C., Lepschi, B.J., Renner, M.A.M. & Weston, P.H. (20 August 2021), Understanding diversity and systematics in Australian Fabaceae Tribe Mirbelieae. Diversity 13(8): 27 [online only] [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sclerothamnus R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eutaxia sect. Sclerothamnus (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

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