| Name | Desmoncus polyacanthos Martius |
| Authorship | Martius |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Desmoncus |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:666648-1 |
| Citation | 1824 Hist. Nat. Palm. 2(3): 85-86, t. 68 |
| Holdings | 9 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmoncus polyacanthos Martius |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1), 1997 (2), 2011 (6) |