Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 222 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. Near Warwick, Beckler. N.S. Wales. In the interior, Howitt's Expedition, C.Moore; head of the Gwydir, Leichhardt; New England, C. Stuart."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 40 [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]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 470-471 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Swainsona tenuis E.Pritz. legitimate

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 470 [secondary reference]

Lee, A.T. (10 September 1948), The genus Swainsona. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(4): 195-196 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "New England (Clifton) N.S.W., C. Stuart 173; MEL."

Lee, A.T. (10 September 1948), The genus Swainsona. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(4): 198 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Swainsona oroboides subsp. reticulata (J.M.Black) A.T.Lee legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 418 [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]

taxonomic synonym: Swainsona tenuis E.Pritz. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 298, 300, Fig. 49H [secondary reference]

common name: Variable Swainsona [n/a]

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

Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Papilionoideae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 620 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 36 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Swainsona. Flora of New South Wales 2: 436-437, pl. 29 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. (30 September 1993), A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5(3): 514 [secondary reference]

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): 23 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Swainsona. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 603 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Swainsonia oroboides F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Swainsona oroboides F.Muell. ex Benth. var. oroboides legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Swainsona oroboides F.Muell. ex Benth. subsp. oroboides legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Swainsona tenuis E.Pritz. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Papilionoideae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 620

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Swainsona reticulata J.M.Black legitimate by Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Papilionoideae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 620

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Swainsona behriana F.Muell. ex J.M.Black legitimate by Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Papilionoideae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 620

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