Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1805), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 6(2): 413 [tax. nov.]

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

basionym of: Desmodium polycarpon (Poir.) DC. legitimate

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 769 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium polycarpon (Poir.) DC. legitimate

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: 215 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium heterocarpon var. strigosum Meeuwen legitimate

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 244 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. legitimate

Ohashi, H. (2004), Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (I). Journal of Japanese Botany 79(2): 125 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium heterocarpon var. strigosum Meeuwen legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Hedysarum polycarpum DC. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. legitimate

Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. (2018), Grona, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany 93(2): 112 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grona heterocarpos (L.) 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): 59 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grona heterocarpos var. strigosa (Meeuwen) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grona heterocarpos var. strigosa (Meeuwen) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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