Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 196 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hedysarum gangeticum L. legitimate

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 249 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. legitimate

Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T., Ikeda, T., Izuma, H., Kobayashi, H., Muragaki, H., Nata, K., Sato, N. & Suzuki, M. (2018), Phylogenetic analyses for a new classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany 93(3): 185 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pleurolobus gangeticus (L.) J.St.-Hil. legitimate

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