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basionym: Hedysarum scorpiurus Sw. legitimate

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

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 233, map 16 [secondary reference]

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nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum scorpiurus Sw. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum scorpiurus Sw. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium scorpiurus Desv. nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

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): 52, 54, Fig. 1 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum scorpiurus Sw. legitimate

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