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

• Type: "Queensland. Wide Bay, Bidwill"

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

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

Lee, A.T. (10 September 1948), The genus Swainsona. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(4): 247-249, Fig. 50, Map 18 [secondary reference]

• Type: as "Wide Bay, NE Australia, (Qd.); Bidwell 105; K."

taxonomic synonym: Swainsona parviflora var. vestita C.T.White & W.D.Francis legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 419 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Swainsona parviflora var. vestita C.T.White & W.D.Francis legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Swainsona parviflora var. vestita C.T.White & W.D.Francis legitimate

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

Thompson, J. (30 September 1993), A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5(3): 502 [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 parviflora F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Swainsona parviflora Benth. var. parviflora legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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