Bentham, G. in Miquel, F.A.W. (August 1852), Leguminosae. Plantae Junghuhnianae 2: 222, adnot. [comb. nov.]

basionym: Nicolsonia DC. 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: 196 [secondary reference]

Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. (2018), Grona, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany 93(2): 108 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grona Lour. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Grona Lour. legitimate

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