Labillardière, J.J.H. de (October 1825), Sertum austro-caledonicum: 71, pl. 71 [tax. nov.]

Don, G. (October 1832), A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 2: 298 [basionym]

basionym of: Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don legitimate

Endlicher, S.F.L. (1836), Bemerkungen über die Flora der Südseeinseln. Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte 1: 185 [basionym]

basionym of: Desmodium varians (Labill.) Endl. isonym

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 233 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 198 [basionym]

basionym of: Meibomia varians (Labill.) Kuntze legitimate

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 767 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don legitimate

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 166 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium varians var. gunnii (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 672 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don legitimate

Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T. & Nata, K. (20 February 2021), Phylogenetic analyses for classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae 5. Last Desmodium native to Asia and Australia. Journal of Japanese Botany 96(1): 11 [basionym]

basionym of: Grona varians (Labill.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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