Clitoria rubiginosa Juss. ex Pers.

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192. [Cited as Clitoria falcata.]
• Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia, A Journal of Botanical Research 41: 41-82. [Cited as Clitoria falcata.]
• Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Clitoria falcata.]
• Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. [Cited as Clitoria falcata.]
• Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Clitoria falcata.]
• Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. [Cited as Clitoria falcata.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

• Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Clitoria rubiginosa.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

• Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 2: 429.
• Syn. 3: 303 (1807)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

• Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 429 (1929).
• Pers., Syn. PL 2: 303 (1807).

International Legume Database and Information Service

• Du Puy, D. J. et al. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.