| Name | Desmodium nemorosum var. novoguinense Kanehira & Hatusima | 
| Authorship | Kanehira & Hatusima | 
| Rank | Variety | 
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg | 
| Placed in | Desmodium nemorosum F. Mueller ex Bentham | 
| Citation | 1962 Reinwardtia 6: 254 | 
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium nemorosum var. novoguinense Kanehira & Hatusima | 
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |