| Name | Desmodium leptoclados Hemsley |
| Authorship | Hemsley |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Desmodium Desvaux |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:491865-1 |
| Citation | 1880 Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mexic. 44 |
| Holdings | 3 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium leptoclados Hemsley |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2), 1964 (1) |