Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 747 [tax. nov.]

Desvaux, N.A. in Desvaux, N.A. (ed.) (1813), Precis des caracteres de plusieurs genres de la famille des Legumineuses. Journal de Botanique, Appliquee l'Agriculture, a la Pharmacie, a la Medicine et aux Arts 1(2): - [secondary reference]

Desvaux, N.A. in Desvaux, N.A. (ed.) (1813), Precis des caracteres de plusieurs genres de la famille des Legumineuses. Journal de Botanique, Appliquee l'Agriculture, a la Pharmacie, a la Medicine et aux Arts 1(2): 124 [basionym]

basionym of: Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv. legitimate

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1825), Leguminosae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 339 [basionym]

basionym of: Dicerma pulchellum (L.) DC. legitimate

Bentham, G. (1861), Flora Hongkongensis: 83 [basionym]

basionym of: Desmodium pulchellum (L.) Benth. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 197 [basionym]

basionym of: Meibomia pulchella (L.) Kuntze legitimate

Ohashi, H. (2004), Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (II). Journal of Japanese Botany 79: 168 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv. legitimate

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