學名發表文獻

H. Ohashi & R. R. Mill. 2000. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 57: 179. (Edinburgh J. Bot.)

台灣首次記錄發表文獻

Huang et al. 2003. Flora of Taiwan, second edition 6: 65. (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)

異名與其在台灣首次使用的文獻

• Desmodium gardneri Benth.
  Forbes & Hemsl. 1887. The journal of the Linnean Society of London. Botany 23: 172. (J. Linn. Soc., Bot.)
• Desmodium laxum DC.
  Hosok. 1936. Short Flora of Formosa 98. (Short Fl. Formos.)
• Desmodium laxum DC. subsp. leptopus (A. Gray ex Benth.) Ohashi
  Ohashi. 1973. The Asiatic species of Desmodium and its allied genera (Leguminosae) 1: 141. (Ginkgoana)
• Desmodium tashiroi Matsum.
  Matsum. 1899. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan 12: 418. (J. Coll. Sci. Univ. Tokyo)

各語言俗名

• 中

  細梗山螞蝗、田代氏山螞蝗
• 日

  ときわやぶはぎ

參考文獻

• Huang et al. 2003. Flora of Taiwan, second edition 6: 65. (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)
• Yang. 1982. A list of plants in Taiwan. (List Pl. Taiwan)