Willdenow, C.L. (April 1806), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 4(2): 1044 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1978) No. 3450).

Bailey, F.M. (1912), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 29(6): 484 [secondary reference]

Voss, E.G. (1983), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Sydney, 1981. Regnum Vegetabile 111: 357 [secondary reference]

• Type: Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd., typ. cons.

Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Mimosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 332, 335 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 23 [secondary reference]

Cowan, R.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Mimosaceae. Flora of Australia 12: 20 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 264 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

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