Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1825), Leguminosae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 334 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hedysarum heterophyllum Willd. legitimate

White, C.T. & Francis, W.D. (1920), Contributions to the Queensland flora. Botany Bulletin. Department of Agriculture, Queensland 22: 14 [secondary reference]

Knaap-van Meeuwen, M.S. (1962), Preliminary revisions of some genera of Malaysian Papilionaceae V - a census of the genus Desmodium. Reinwardtia 6(3): 251-252 [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: 239-241 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 236, map 20 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia heterophylla (Willd.) Kuntze legitimate

Ohashi, H. (2004), Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (I). Journal of Japanese Botany 79(2): 126 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum heterophyllum Willd. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum heterophyllum Willd. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia heterophylla (Willd.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. (2018), Grona, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany 93(2): 114 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grona heterophylla (Willd.) 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): 66 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grona heterophylla (Willd.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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