Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1825), Leguminosae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 328 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hedysarum velutinum Willd. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 34 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 74, Fig. 22 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 248, map 35 [secondary reference]

Ohashi, H. (2004), Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (I). Journal of Japanese Botany 79(2): 132 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum velutinum Willd. legitimate

Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T., Ye, B., Matsumoto, T. & Nata, K. (2019), Phylogenetic analyses for a new classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae 3. The systematic position of Desmodium velutinum. Journal of Japanese Botany 94(2): 72 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Polhillides velutina (Willd.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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