| Name | Desmodium mexicanum S. Watson |
| Authorship | S. Watson |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Desmodium Desvaux |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:491914-1 |
| Citation | 1888 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 23: 271 |
| Holdings | 3 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium mexicanum S. Watson |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2), 1938 (1) |