Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 234 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia. Upper Victoria river, F. Mueller."

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

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

basionym of: Meibomia neurocarpa (Benth.) Kuntze legitimate

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 768 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia neurocarpa (Benth.) Kuntze legitimate

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 242 [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): 249 [secondary reference]

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 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium filiforme Zoll. & Moritzi legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium filiforme Zoll. & Moritzi legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium filiforme Zoll. & Moritzi legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium filiforme Zoll. & Moritzi legitimate

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

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

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