Hasskarl, J.C. (1842), Plantarum genera et species novae aut reformatae javenses. Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 25(2): 48 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Ohashi, H. (1963), Ginkgoana, contributions to the flora of Asia and the Pacific Region 1: 75 [secondary reference]

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: 40-49 [secondary reference]

Ohashi, H. (2004), Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (I). Journal of Japanese Botany 79(2): 108 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Comment: Included in the circumscription of Desmodium in Qld.
• APC Dist.: Qld

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