Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1825), Leguminosae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 327 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hedysarum reniforme L. legitimate

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

Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 415 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 140 [secondary reference]

Schindler, A.K. (1926), Desmodii generumque affinium species et combinationes novae. II. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 22: 262 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium renifolium (L.) Schindl. legitimate

Knaap-van Meeuwen, M.S. (1962), Preliminary revisions of some genera of Malaysian Papilionaceae V - a census of the genus Desmodium. Reinwardtia 6(3): 257 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium renifolium (L.) Schindl. legitimate

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: 230 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium renifolium (L.) Schindl. legitimate

Ohashi, H. (2004), Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (I). Journal of Japanese Botany 79(2): 128 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium renifolium (L.) Schindl. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium renifolium (L.) Schindl. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium renifolium (L.) Schindl. legitimate

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