Desmodium plicatum Schltdl. & Cham. in Linnaea 5: 585-586. 1830 sec. Téllez-Valdés 2009
- =Desmodium hondurense Donn. Sm. in Bot. Gaz. 20(7): 284. 1895 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Meibomia dasyacra Blake in Bot. Gaz. 78: 287. 1924 syn. sec. Téllez-Valdés 2009