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Desmodium nemorosum

Desmodium nemorosum F.Muell. ex Benth.

Bentham, G. (1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 232
TYPE:   "Queensland. Brisbane river, F. Mueller; Pine river, Fitzalan, also in Leichhardt's collection."
COMMENT:   Base name for Meibomia nemorosum (Benth.) Kuntze.

Knaap-van Meeuwen, M.S. (1962) Preliminary revisions of some genera of Malaysian Papilionaceae V - a census of the genus Desmodium. Reinwardtia 6(3): 239-276 (254-255)

Ohashi, H. (1973) The Asiatic Species of Desmodium and Its Allied Genera (Leguminosae). Ginkgoana, contributions to the flora of Asia and the Pacific Region 1: 1-318 (218-220)

Pedley, L. (1999) Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 247, map 33
Nomenclatural Synonyms:

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

Desmodium nemorosum var. simplex Schindl. ;  Ohashi, H. (1973) The Asiatic Species of Desmodium and Its Allied Genera (Leguminosae). Ginkgoana, contributions to the flora of Asia and the Pacific Region 1: 1-318 (218)

Desmodium nemorosum sub var. eboracense Schindl. ;  Schindler, A.K. (1925) Desmodii generumque affinium species et combinationes novae. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 21(1-7): 10

Desmodium nemorosum var. novoguineense Kaneh. & Hatus. ;  Kanehira, R. & Hatusima, S. (1942), Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 56: 366

Desmodium archboldianum Baker f. ;  Baker, E.G. (1937) Botanical results of the Archbold Expedition No. 9: A new Papuan Desmodium. Brittonia 2(4): 318