Zollinger, H. (1846), Observationes phytographicae praecipue genera et species nova nonnulla respicientes. Series secunda: Leguminosae. Natuur- en Geneeskundig Archief voor Nederlandsch-Indie 3: 58, 77 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Zoll. et Mor. Herb. 2738. Java. In arenosis maritimis prope Poeger."

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 198 [basionym]

basionym of: Meibomia filiformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Kuntze legitimate

Knaap-van Meeuwen, M.S. (1962), Preliminary revisions of some genera of Malaysian Papilionaceae V - a census of the genus Desmodium. Reinwardtia 6(3): 249 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Desmodium muelleri Benth. legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 240 [secondary reference]

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: 237-239 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Desmodium neurocarpum Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Meibomia neurocarpa (Benth.) Kuntze legitimate

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 175-176 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Desmodium neurocarpum Benth. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 94 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 33 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 394-395, Fig. 119B [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 70, Fig. 21 [secondary reference]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 154-155 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 238, map 23 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia filiformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium neurocarpum var. queenslandicum Domin legitimate

Ohashi, H. (2004), Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (I). Journal of Japanese Botany 79(2): 122 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Desmodium neurocarpum Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium neurocarpum var. queenslandicum Domin legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia filiformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium neurocarpum Benth. var. neurocarpum legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium neurocarpum Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Meibomia neurocarpa (Benth.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium neurocarpum var. typicum Domin nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Desmodium neurocarpum var. queenslandicum Domin legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. (2018), Grona, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany 93(2): 111 [basionym]

basionym of: Grona filiformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Grona filiformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (8 March 2022), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2021. Nuytsia 33: 6 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grona filiformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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