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

basionym: Hedysarum pulchellum L. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 231 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium pulchellum (L.) Benth. 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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