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

• Type: "N. coast, R. Brown."

Schindler, A.K. (1926), Desmodii generumque affinium species et combinationes novae. II. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 22: 254 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Tropisches Australien: Nordkuste (R. Brown no. 4188!, o. n.! – Herb. Edinb."

Schindler, A.K. (1926), Desmodii generumque affinium species et combinationes novae. II. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 22: 256 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium brownii Schindl. isonym

Schindler, A.K. (1926), Two New Leguminosae. Notes from the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh 15: 131 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium brownii Schindl. legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 34 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 394 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium brownii Schindl. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium brownii Schindl. legitimate

Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. (2018), Grona, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany 93(2): 110 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grona brownii (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Grona brownii (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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