Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 2(15): 122 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In silvis ad flumen Clarence. Dr. H. Beckler."

taxonomic synonym: Dicerma acanthocladum F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn.

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 231 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 40 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 4 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 197 [basionym]

basionym of: Meibomia acanthoclada (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 120 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 140 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 120 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.L. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Desmodium. Flora of New South Wales 2: 411 [secondary reference]

common name: Thorny Pea [n/a]

Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 19 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 231, map 14 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dicerma acanthocladum F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia acanthoclada (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: NSW

Gardner, C.L., James, T.A. & Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Desmodium. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 576 [secondary reference]

common name: Thorny Pea [n/a]

Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T., Abe, C., Kotani, H., Nata, K., Ohtake, H., Yamamoto, K. (2018), Phylogenetic analyses for classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae 2. Two new genera separated from Desmodium and two new combinations in Grona and Sohmaea. Journal of Japanese Botany 93(5): 299 [basionym]

basionym of: Pedleya acanthoclada (F.Muell.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Pedleya acanthoclada (F.Muell.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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