Verdcourt, B. (1977), New taxa of Leguminosae from New Guinea. Kew Bulletin 32(1): 250 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Western District: Morehead Subdistrict, Wassi Kussa R, Arufi, savanna with Melaleuca and Acacia 15 m, 10 July 1968, Henty & Katik in NGF 38667 (K, holotype; A, BO, BRI, CANB, L, LAE, SING, isotypes)".

Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 250 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium tenax Schindl. legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 209 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium tenax Schindl. legitimate

Ohashi, H. (2004), Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (I). Journal of Japanese Botany 79(2): 130 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Desmodium tenax Schindl. legitimate

Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T. & Nata, K. (20 October 2020), Phylogenetic analyses for classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae 4. Desmodium and Oxytes in Oceania. Journal of Japanese Botany 95(5): 265 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Maekawaea tenax (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi legitimate

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