Gray, A. (1854), United States Exploring Expedition Phanerogamia 1: 410 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In the district of Hunter's River, and Puen Buen, New South Wales."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 223 [secondary reference]

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): 271 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 123 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 139 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 320 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 761 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 471-472 [secondary reference]

Lee, A.T. (10 September 1948), The genus Swainsona. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(4): 252-253 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Hunter's R., New South Wales, Herb. U.S. Expl. Exp.; US."

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 416 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 128 [secondary reference]

Taylor, J. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Swainsona. Flora of Central Australia: 163 [secondary reference]

common name: Small-leaf swainsona [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 100 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Swainsona. Flora of New South Wales 2: 435 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. (30 September 1993), A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5(3): 510 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Swainsona microphylla subsp. minima A.T.Lee legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 692, Fig. 139h [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Swainsona microphylla subsp. minima A.T.Lee legitimate taxonomic synonym: Swainsona microphylla subsp. tomentosa A.T.Lee legitimate common name: Small-leaf Swainson-pea [n/a]

Heenan, P.B. (1998), Phylogenetic analysis of the Carmichaelia complex, Clianthus and Swainsona (Fabaceae), from Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 36(1): 21 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Swainsona. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 601 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (2003), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Swainsona microphylla subsp. affinis A.T.Lee legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Swainsona microphylla A.Gray subsp. microphylla legitimate taxonomic synonym: Swainsona microphylla subsp. tomentosa A.T.Lee legitimate taxonomic synonym: Swainsona microphylla var. tomentosa J.M.Black nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Swainsona microphylla subsp. minima A.T.Lee legitimate taxonomic synonym: Swainsona microphylla var. minima J.M.Black nom. inval.

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

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Swainsona microphylla A.Gray subsp. microphylla legitimate taxonomic synonym: Swainsona microphylla subsp. tomentosa A.T.Lee legitimate taxonomic synonym: Swainsona microphylla var. tomentosa J.M.Black nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Swainsona microphylla subsp. minima A.T.Lee legitimate taxonomic synonym: Swainsona microphylla var. minima J.M.Black nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, NSW, Vic

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Swainsona affinis (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 223

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Swainsona affinis (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 139

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Swainsona affinis (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps. legitimate by Lee, A.T. (10 September 1948), The genus Swainsona. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(4): 252-253

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Swainsona affinis (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps. legitimate by Taylor, J. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Swainsona. Flora of Central Australia: 163

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Swainsona affinis (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps. legitimate by Thompson, J. (30 September 1993), A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5(3): 510

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Swainsona affinis (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps. legitimate by Jessup, L.W. (2003), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa: -

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