Blanco, F.M. (1837), Flora de Filipinas Edn. 1: 598 [tax. nov.]

Merrill, E.D. (1905), Notes on Cuming's Philippine Plants in the herbarium of the Bureau of Government Laboratories. Publications of the Bureau of Government Laboratories (Philippines) 35: 20 [basionym]

basionym of: Desmodium quinquepetalum (Blanco) Merr. legitimate

Schindler, A.K. (1924), Uber einige kleine Gattungen aus der Verwandtschaft von Desmodium Desv. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 20(6-21): 278 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrolobium quinquepetalum (Blanco) Schindl. 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: 68 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrolobium quinquepetalum (Blanco) Schindl. legitimate

Ohashi, H. (2004), Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (I). Journal of Japanese Botany 79(2): 113 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrolobium quinquepetalum (Blanco) Schindl. legitimate

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