| Name | Desfontainia spinosa Ruiz & Pavon |
| Authorship | Ruiz & Pavon |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | Unknown |
| Placed in | Desfontainia |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:546059-1 |
| Holdings | 3 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desfontainia spinosa Ruiz & Pavon |
| Identification made in | [no date] (3) |