Fabaceae Lindl.
Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don , legitimate, scientific
Don, G. (October 1832), A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 2: 298 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Hedysarum varians Labill. legitimate
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 232-233 BHL [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum varians Labill. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 78 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 40 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 37 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Desmodium gunnii Benth. ex Hook.f. legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 120 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 139 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 127 [secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 767 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum varians Labill. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia varians (Labill.) Kuntze legitimate
Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 163 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Desmodium gunnii Benth. ex Hook.f. legitimate common name: Slender Tick Trefoil [n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 248 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 232, Fig. 224 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Tick Trefoil [n/a]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 166 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium varians var. gunnii (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 391, Fig. 50 [secondary reference]
common name: Tick-trefoil [n/a] common name: Variable Tic-trefoil [n/a] common name: Slender Tick-trefoil [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 120 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Desmodium varians var. angustifolia Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium varians var. gunnii (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Benth. legitimate
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 309 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Tick Trefoil [n/a]
Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 139 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender tick-trefoil [n/a]
Gardner, C.L. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Desmodium. Flora of New South Wales 2: 411 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Tick-trefoil [n/a]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 672, Fig. 135f [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum varians Labill. legitimate common name: Slender Tick-trefoil [n/a]
Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 252, map 41 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia varians (Labill.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium spartioides DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium varians var. angustifolia Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium dietrichiae Domin legitimate
Gardner, C.L., James, T.A. & Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Desmodium. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 578 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Tick-trefoil [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum varians Labill. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don var. varians legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia varians (Labill.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium spartioides DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium varians var. angustifolia Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium dietrichiae Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium varians var. typicum Domin nom. inval. isonym: Desmodium varians (Labill.) Endl. isonym
  • APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 44 [secondary reference]
Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T. & Nata, K. (20 February 2021), Phylogenetic analyses for classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae 5. Last Desmodium native to Asia and Australia. Journal of Japanese Botany 96(1): 11 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Grona varians (Labill.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate