| Name | Desmodium rufescens de Candolle |
| Authorship | de Candolle |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Desmodium Desvaux |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:492099-1 |
| Citation | 1825 Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4: 101 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium rufescens de Candolle |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |