| Name | Desmodium leptoclados Hemsley | 
| Authorship | Hemsley | 
| Rank | Species | 
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg | 
| Placed in | Desmodium Desvaux | 
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:491865-1 | 
| Citation | 1880 Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mexic. 44 | 
| Holdings | 3 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium leptoclados Hemsley | 
| Identification made in | [no date] (2), 1964 (1) | 
