Schindler, A.K. (1924), Uber einige kleine Gattungen aus der Verwandtschaft von Desmodium Desv. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 20(6-21): 268 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nordaustralische Steppenprovinz: – West-Australien: Nordwest-Küste, Brunswick Bay (A. Cunningham, no. 267!)."

• Comment: Published as Dicerma biarticulatum var. australiense f. plumosum.

Ohashi, H. (15 February 1973), The Asiatic species of Desmodium and its allied genera (Leguminosae). Ginkgoana, contributions to the flora of Asia and the Pacific Region 1: 255 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 214 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Aphyllodium glossocarpum Pedley legitimate

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