| Name | Desmodium rigidum (Elliott) de Candolle |
| Authorship | (Elliott) de Candolle |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Desmodium Desvaux |
| Holdings | 17 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium rigidum (Elliott) de Candolle |
| Identification made in | [no date] (15), 1931 (1), 1967 (1) |