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Desmodium flagellare

Desmodium flagellare Benth.

Bentham, G. (1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 233
TYPE:   "N. Australia. Beagle Valley, F. Mueller."
COMMENT:   Base name for Meibomia flagellaris (Benth.) Kuntze.

Pedley, L. (1999) Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 240, map 25
Nomenclatural Synonyms:

Meibomia flagellaris (Benth.) Kuntze ;  Kuntze, C.E.O. (1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 198