Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 197 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Desmodium brachypodum A.Gray legitimate

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 767 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium brachypodum A.Gray 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: 227 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium brachypodum A.Gray legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Meibomia brachypodia Kuntze orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium brachypodum A.Gray legitimate

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 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Oxytes brachypoda (A.Gray) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Oxytes brachypoda (A.Gray) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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