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Desmodium rhytidophyllum

Desmodium rhytidophyllum F.Muell. ex Benth.

Bentham, G. (1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 233
TYPE:   "Queensland. Granite rocks between Dawson and Burnett rivers, F. Mueller; near Rockhampton, Dallachy. N.S. Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown, Backhouse; Paramatta, Woolls; Hastings Macleay and Clarence rivers, Beckler."
COMMENT:   Base name for Meibomia rhytidophylla (Benth.) Kuntze.

Pedley, L. (1999) Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 249, map 37
Nomenclatural Synonyms:

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