| Name | Desmodium brachypodum A. Gray |
| Authorship | A. Gray |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Desmodium Desvaux |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:133873-3 |
| Citation | 1854 U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 434 |
| Holdings | 3 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium brachypodum A. Gray |
| Identification made in | [no date] (3) |