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Desmodium tortuosum

Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.

Candolle, A.P. de (Ed) (1825), Prodromus 2: 332
Nomenclatural Synonyms:

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

- (1953) Standardized Plant Names: a revised list of standard common names for the more important Australian grasses, other pasture plants , and weeds. Bulletin (CSIRO) 272: 26

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (Ed) (1994), Flora of Australia 49: 179

Pedley, L. (1999) Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2): 253, map 42
Nomenclatural Synonyms:

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

Hedysarum purpureum Mill. ;  Miller, P. in Miller, P. (1768), The Gardeners Dictionary Edn. 8.

Desmodium purpureum (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle ;  Fawcett, W. & Rendle, A.B. in Fawcett, W. & Rendle, A.B. (1920), Flora of Jamaica 4: 36