Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T., Ikeda, T., Izuma, H., Kobayashi, H., Muragaki, H., Nata, K., Sato, N. & Suzuki, M. (2018), Phylogenetic analyses for a new classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany 93(3): 181 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Desmodium brachypodum A.Gray legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia brachypodia Kuntze orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia brachypoda (A.Gray) Kuntze legitimate

Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T. & Nata, K. (20 October 2020), Phylogenetic analyses for classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae 4. Desmodium and Oxytes in Oceania. Journal of Japanese Botany 95(5): 267 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Desmodium brachypodum A.Gray legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Desmodium brachypodum A.Gray legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia brachypoda (A.Gray) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia brachypodia Kuntze orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Desmodium indigotinum Harms & K.Schum. legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Desmodium brachypodum in Qld and Vic.
• APC Dist.: NT, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

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