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Desmodium acanthocladum

Desmodium acanthocladum F.Muell.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 2: 122
TYPE:   "In silvis ad flumen Clarence. Dr. H. Beckler."
COMMENT:   Base name for Meiboma acanthoclada (F.Muell.) Kuntze.

Threatened Species and Communities, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (1998), Schedules 1, 2 & 3 (24 February 1998). Endangered Species Protection Act 1992

Pedley, L. (1999) Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 231, map 14
Nomenclatural Synonyms:

Meibomia acanthoclada (F.Muell.) Kuntze ;  Kuntze, C.E.O. (1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 197

Dicerma acanthocladum F.Muell. nom. illeg. ;  Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 2: 122, pro syn.