Meyer, G.F.W. (1818), Primitiae Florae Essequeboensis: 245 [tax. nov.]

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1825), Leguminosae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 332 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium incanum (Sw.) DC. legitimate

Ohashi, H. (2004), Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (I). Journal of Japanese Botany 79(2): 134 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium incanum (Sw.) DC. legitimate

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