Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1825), Leguminosae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 337 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hedysarum heterocarpon L. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 196 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Meibomia heterocarpos (L.) Kuntze legitimate

Kanehira, R. & Hatusima, S. (1942), The Kanehira-Hatusima 1940 collection of New Guinea Plants. IX. Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 56: 366 [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: 210-216 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Desmodium polycarpon (Poir.) DC. legitimate

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

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 309-310 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum heterocarpon L. legitimate

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 396, Fig. 119D [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 244 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia heterocarpos (L.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hedysarum polycarpon Poir. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hedysarum tuberculosum Labill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium polycarpon (Poir.) DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium trichocaulon DC. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum heterocarpon L. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Desmodium heterocarpum DC. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum heterocarpon L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia heterocarpos (L.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hedysarum polycarpon Poir. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hedysarum polycarpum DC. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Desmodium polycarpum DC. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Desmodium trichocaulum DC. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Desmodium trichocaulon DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hedysarum tuberculosum Labill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium polycarpon (Poir.) DC. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW

Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. (2018), Grona, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany 93(2): 112 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grona heterocarpos (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

Ho, B.C., Yeo, R.S.W. & Chen, L.M.J. (2021), A review of Desmodium s.l. (Leguminosae, subfamily Papilionoideae) in Singapore and nomenclature updates in the Malay Peninsula. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 73(1): 56 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Desmodium heterocarpum DC. orth. var.

Ho, B.C., Yeo, R.S.W. & Chen, L.M.J. (2021), A review of Desmodium s.l. (Leguminosae, subfamily Papilionoideae) in Singapore and nomenclature updates in the Malay Peninsula. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 73(1): 56 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grona heterocarpos (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Grona heterocarpos (L.) 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 heterocarpos (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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