Hooker, J.D. (13 May 1856), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(2): 101 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Gunn, 243."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 233 [basionym]

basionym of: Desmodium varians var. gunnii (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 37 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don legitimate

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 767 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium varians var. gunnii (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 163 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don legitimate

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 166 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium varians var. gunnii (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 672, Fig. 135d [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Desmodium varians var. gunnii (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate common name: Southern Tick-trefoil [n/a]

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 251, map 40 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Desmodium varians var. gunnii (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Gardner, C.L., James, T.A. & Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Desmodium. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 577 [secondary reference]

Ohashi, H. (2004), Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (I). Journal of Japanese Botany 79(2): 124 [secondary reference]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 44 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Desmodium varians var. gunnii (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate

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): 302 [basionym]

basionym of: Pullenia gunnii (Benth. ex Hook.f.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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