Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 230 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Kuntze, C.E.O. in Post, T. von & Kuntze, O. (1903), Lexikon Generum Phanerogamarum: 356 [basionym]

basionym of: Meibomia sect. Heteroloma (Benth.) Kuntze 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: 178 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pleurolobus J.St.-Hil. legitimate

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