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

• Type: "Queensland: A. DIETRICH No. 1450, 215, 412 und einmal ohne Nummer."

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 252 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: prope Brisbane River, Australia or., Dietrich 1450 (lecto: PR 527357, chosen here).

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 252 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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

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

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 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grona varians (Labill.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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