Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 229 [comb. nov.]

• Type: Desmodium pulchellum Benth.

basionym: Phyllodium Desv. 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: 260 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 255 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phyllodium Desv. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Phyllodium Desv. legitimate

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