| Name | Desmodium subtile Hemsley |
| Authorship | Hemsley |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Desmodium Desvaux |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:492178-1 |
| Citation | 1880 Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mexic. 47 |
| Holdings | 4 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium subtile Hemsley |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2), 1937 (1), 1971 (1) |