Moore, T. in Henfrey, A. (ed.) (1852), Swainsona osbornii. The Garden Companion 1: 65-66, pl. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "This novel and very distinct species of Swainsona has been raised by Messrs. Osborn & Sons of the Fulham Nursery and flowered then in October 1851, when our drawing was made. It had been sent them by a correspondent from the Darling Downs, in Australia, where it was found growing by the sides of water."

• Etymology: (not specified.) [but here assumed to honour only one of the "Messrs. Osborn", proprietors of a nursery in Fulham where the plant was cultivated]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 217 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) R.Br. legitimate

Regel, E.A. von in Fischer, F.E.L. von & Meyer, C.A.A. von (ed.) (1867), Index Seminum, quae hortus botanicus Imperialis Petropolitanus pro mutua commutatione offert: 108 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Swainsona coronillifolia var. purpurea Regel legitimate

Lee, A.T. (10 September 1948), The genus Swainsona. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(4): 153 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) R.Br. legitimate

Thompson, J. (30 September 1993), A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5(3): 450 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) R.Br. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Swainsona osborni Hend. & Andr.Hend. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) R.Br. legitimate

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