Desmodium orbiculare var. rubricaule (Rose & Painter) B.G. Schub. & McVaugh, Fl. Novo-Gal. 5: 478. 1987 sec. Téllez-Valdés 2009
- ≡Meibomia rubricaulis Rose & Painter in Bot. Gaz. 40(2): 145-146. 1905 syn. sec. Téllez-Valdés 2009
- =Meibomia rubricaulis Rose & Painter var. rubricaulis in Bot. Gaz. 40(2): 145-146. 1905 syn. sec. Téllez-Valdés 2009
- =Desmodium rubricaule (Rose & Painter) Riley in Bull. Misc. Inform. 1923(9): 344. 1923 syn. sec. Téllez-Valdés 2009