Desmodium ambiguum Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 274. 1879 sec. McVaugh 1987
- =Meibomia langlasseana Schindl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 147. 1924 syn. sec. McVaugh 1987
- =Meibomia pulchra Schindl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 145. 1924 syn. sec. McVaugh 1987
- =Desmodium langlasseanum Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 160. 1936 syn. sec. McVaugh 1987