| Name | Desmodium mexicanum S. Watson | 
| Authorship | S. Watson | 
| Rank | Species | 
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg | 
| Placed in | Desmodium Desvaux | 
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:491914-1 | 
| Citation | 1888 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 23: 271 | 
| Holdings | 3 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium mexicanum S. Watson | 
| Identification made in | [no date] (2), 1938 (1) |