Bentham, G. (1861), Flora Hongkongensis: 83 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hedysarum pulchellum L. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 231 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Dicerma pulchellum (L.) DC. legitimate

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

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 139 [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): 256 [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: 276 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv. 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]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 72, Fig. 22 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv. legitimate

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 257 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv. legitimate

Ohashi, H. (2004), Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (II). Journal of Japanese Botany 79: 168 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv. legitimate

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