Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 519 [tax. nov.]

Willdenow, C.L. (April 1806), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 4(2): 1047 [basionym]

basionym of: Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd. legitimate

Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Mimosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 332 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd. legitimate

Cowan, R.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Mimosaceae. Flora of Australia 12: 20 [secondary reference]

Cowan, R.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Mimosaceae. Flora of Australia 12: 20 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Desmanthus pernambucanus (L.) Thell. legitimate by Cowan, R.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Mimosaceae. Flora of Australia 12: 20

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd. legitimate

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