Ohashi, H. (2004), Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (I). Journal of Japanese Botany 79(2): 109 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hedysarum microphyllum Thunb. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Desmodium microphyllum (Thunb.) DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium parvifolium 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): 186 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Leptodesmia microphylla (Thunb.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hedysarum microphyllum Thunb. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Desmodium microphyllum (Thunb.) DC. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia microphylla (Thunb.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Desmodium microphyllum (Thunb.) DC. var. microphyllum legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmodium parvifolium DC. legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Desmodium microphyllum in Qld.
• APC Dist.: Qld

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