Willdenow, C.L. (1802), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 3(2): 1201-1202 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Zeylona (v. s.)"

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1825), Leguminosae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 334 [basionym]

basionym of: Desmodium heterophyllum (Willd.) DC. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 196 [basionym]

basionym of: Meibomia heterophylla (Willd.) Kuntze legitimate

Ohashi, H. (2004), Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (I). Journal of Japanese Botany 79(2): 126 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "[Type: Herb. Willdenow 13832 (B-W n. v.; microfiche)]."

Ohashi, H. (2004), Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (I). Journal of Japanese Botany 79(2): 126 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium heterophyllum (Willd.) DC. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium heterophyllum (Willd.) DC. legitimate

Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. (2018), Grona, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany 93(2): 114 [basionym]

basionym of: Grona heterophylla (Willd.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

Ho, B.C., Yeo, R.S.W. & Chen, L.M.J. (2021), A review of Desmodium s.l. (Leguminosae, subfamily Papilionoideae) in Singapore and nomenclature updates in the Malay Peninsula. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 73(1): 66 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Ceylon [Sri Lanka], Unknown collector s.n. [Herb. Willdenow 13832, sheet 3] (lectotype B [B-W13832-030], first step designated by Ohashi (2004a: 126), second step designated here)."

Ho, B.C., Yeo, R.S.W. & Chen, L.M.J. (2021), A review of Desmodium s.l. (Leguminosae, subfamily Papilionoideae) in Singapore and nomenclature updates in the Malay Peninsula. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 73(1): 66 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grona heterophylla (Willd.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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