| Name | Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) de Candolle |
| Authorship | (Swartz) de Candolle |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Desmodium Desvaux |
| Citation | 1825 Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 332 |
| Holdings | 71 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz) de Candolle |
| Identification made in | [no date] (64), 1940 (1), 2010 (6) |