Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (1825), Notice sur quelques genres et speces nouvelles de legumineuses, extraite de divers Memoires presentes a la Societe d'Histoire naturelle de Geneve, pendant le cours des annees 1823 et 1824. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Ser 1, 4: 101 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Napauliâ. (v.s. comm. a cl. Wallich)."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 235 [secondary reference]

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

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 120 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 140 [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: 214 [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: 213 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. var. heterocarpon 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: 213 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. subsp. heterocarpon legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 120 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. var. heterocarpon legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 310 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. var. heterocarpon legitimate

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 244 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Desmodium trichocaulum DC. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. legitimate

Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. (2018), Grona, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany 93(2): 112 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grona heterocarpos (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Grona heterocarpos (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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