Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1825), Leguminosae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 337 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hedysarum microphyllum Thunb. legitimate

Ohashi, H. (15 February 1973), The Asiatic species of Desmodium and its allied genera (Leguminosae). Ginkgoana, contributions to the flora of Asia and the Pacific Region 1: 241-244 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Desmodium parvifolium DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Meibomia microphylla (Thunb.) Kuntze legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 94 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 33 [secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 235, map 18 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Meibomia microphylla (Thunb.) Kuntze legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Codariocalyx microphyllus (Thunb.) H.Ohashi legitimate

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

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

• APC Dist.: Qld

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: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Codariocalyx microphyllus (Thunb.) H.Ohashi legitimate

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