Roxburgh, W. (1814), Hortus Bengalensis: 56 [tax. nov.]

Roxburgh, W. (1832), Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh Edn. 2, 3: - [secondary reference]

Knaap-van Meeuwen, M.S. (1962), Preliminary revisions of some genera of Malaysian Papilionaceae V - a census of the genus Desmodium. Reinwardtia 6(3): 262 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium triquetrum (L.) DC. subsp. triquetrum legitimate

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