Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 233 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Desmodium gunnii Benth. ex Hook.f. legitimate

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 767 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Desmodium gunnii Benth. ex Hook.f. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 166 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum varians Labill. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Desmodium gunnii Benth. ex Hook.f. legitimate common name: Slender Tick Trefoil [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 672 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium gunnii Benth. ex Hook.f. legitimate

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 251 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium gunnii Benth. ex Hook.f. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 44 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium gunnii Benth. ex Hook.f. legitimate

Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T., Abe, C., Kotani, H., Nata, K., Ohtake, H., Yamamoto, K. (2018), Phylogenetic analyses for classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae 2. Two new genera separated from Desmodium and two new combinations in Grona and Sohmaea. Journal of Japanese Botany 93(5): 302 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pullenia gunnii (Benth. ex Hook.f.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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