| Name | Desmodium amethystinum Dunn | 
| Authorship | Dunn | 
| Rank | Species | 
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg | 
| Placed in | Desmodium Desvaux | 
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:491561-1 | 
| Citation | 1902 Gard. Chron. ser 3, 32: 210 | 
| Holdings | 3 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium amethystinum Dunn | 
| Identification made in | [no date] (2), 1914 (1) |