Gardner, C.A. (1923), Botanical notes : Kimberley Division of Western Australia. Bulletin (Western Australian Forests Department) 32: 57 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Between Vansittart Bay and Napier Broome Bays, in sandy loam among sandstone rocks near watercourses, in open spaces. Fl. m. August. The type is No. 1540 of the Forests Department Herbarium."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 91 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 392 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrolobium sp. A [n/a]

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 221 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrolobium cheelii (C.A.Gardner) Pedley legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Alysicarpus cheeli C.A.Gardner orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrolobium cheelii (C.A.Gardner) Pedley legitimate

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