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Desmodium scorpiurus

Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Desv. ex DC.

Candolle, A.P. de (Ed) (1825), Prodromus 2: 333
COMMENT:   Desvaux gives the name but without reference to a basionym in J. Bot. 1 (1813) 122.
Nomenclatural Synonyms:

Hedysarum scorpiurus Sw. ;  Candolle, A.P. de (Ed) (1825), Prodromus 2

White, C.T. & Francis, W.D. (1926) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 37: 156

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 (258)

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 (95, adnot)

Pedley, L. (1999) Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 233, map 16