• Desmodium Desvaux, 1813
• Desmodium acanthocladum F. Muell.
• Desmodium acuminatum (Michx.) DC. accepted as Desmodium glutinosum (Willd.) Alph. Wood
• Desmodium acutifoliolum (Verdc.) Pedley accepted as Desmodium rhytidophyllum Benth.
• Desmodium adhaesivum Schltdl. accepted as Desmodium aparines (Link) DC.
• Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) DC.
• Desmodium affine Schltdl.
• Desmodium akoense Hayata accepted as Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Desv.
• Desmodium alamanii DC.
• Desmodium alatum DC. accepted as Tadehagi triquetrum (L.) H. Ohashi
• Desmodium alatum sensu Bojer accepted as Tadehagi triquetrum (L.) H. Ohashi
• Desmodium albiflorum Benth. & Oerst. accepted as Desmodium affine Schltdl.
• Desmodium albiflorum Cordem. accepted as Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC.
• Desmodium alysicarpoides Meeuwen
• Desmodium amans S. Watson accepted as Desmodium hartwegianum Hemsl.
• Desmodium ambiguum Hemsl.
• Desmodium amethystinum Dunn
• Desmodium amoenum Benth. accepted as Desmodium concinnum DC.
• Desmodium amplifolium Hemsl.
• Desmodium ancistrocarpum DC.
• Desmodium ancistrotrichum K. Schum. & Lauterb. accepted as Desmodium sequax Wall.
• Desmodium angulatum DC. accepted as Desmodium multiflorum DC.
• Desmodium angustatum (Rose & Standl.) Standl.
• Desmodium angustifolium (Kunth) DC.
• Desmodium annuum A. Gray
• Desmodium aparine Chiov. accepted as Hylodesmum repandum (Vahl) H. Ohashi & R.R. Mill
• Desmodium aparines (Link) DC.
• Desmodium appressipilum B.G. Schub.
• Desmodium arbuscula Domin & Meeuwen accepted as Dendrolobium arbuscula (Domin) Ohashi
• Desmodium arbuscula Standl. & L.O. Williams
• Desmodium archboldianum Baker f. accepted as Desmodium nemorosum Benth.
• Desmodium arechavaletae Burkart
• Desmodium arenarium Kunth accepted as Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Desv.
• Desmodium arenicola (Vail) F.J. Herm.
• Desmodium arinense Hoehne
• Desmodium arizonicum S. Watson
• Desmodium asperum (Poir.) Desv. accepted as Desmodium distortum (Aubl.) J.F. Macbr.
• Desmodium asperum Desv.
• Desmodium auricomum Benth.
• Desmodium auriculatum DC. accepted as Tadehagi triquetrum (L.) H. Ohashi
• Desmodium australe (Willd.) DC. accepted as Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth.
• Desmodium australe Hassk. accepted as Dendrolobium triangulare (Retz.) Schindl.
• Desmodium austro-japonense Ohwi accepted as Hylodesmum laxum (DC.) H. Ohashi & R.R. Mill
• Desmodium axillare (Sw.) DC.
• Desmodium baccatum Schindl. accepted as Dendrolobium baccatum (Schindl.) Schindl.
• Desmodium bakeri N.P. Balakr. accepted as Eleiotis rottleri Wight & Arn.
• Desmodium bambusetorum Miq. accepted as Hylodesmum laxum (DC.) H. Ohashi & R.R. Mill
• Desmodium barbatum (L.) Benth.
• Desmodium barbigerum H. Lev. accepted as Desmodium concinnum DC.
• Desmodium barclayi Benth. accepted as Desmodium infractum DC.
• Desmodium batocaulon A. Gray
• Desmodium bellum (S.F. Blake) B.G. Schub.
• Desmodium benthamii N.P. Balakr.
• Desmodium biarticulatum (L.) F. Muell. accepted as Dicerma biarticulatum (L.) DC.
• Desmodium bigelovii A. Gray accepted as Desmodium neomexicanum A. Gray
• Desmodium bioculatum S. Watson
• Desmodium birmanicum Prain accepted as Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC.
• Desmodium blandum Meeuwen accepted as Phyllodium elegans (Lour.) Desv.
• Desmodium bodinieri H. Lev. accepted as Hylodesmum podocarpum (DC.) H. Ohashi & R.R. Mill
• Desmodium boivinianum Baill. accepted as Desmodium hirtum Guill. & Perr.
• Desmodium bolsteri Merr. & Rolfe
• Desmodium boottii S. Watson
• Desmodium brachypodum A. Gray
• Desmodium brachystachyum Benth. accepted as Desmodium benthamii N.P. Balakr.
• Desmodium brachystachyum Schltdl.
• Desmodium bracteatum Micheli
• Desmodium bracteatum sensu Micheli accepted as Codariocalyx gyroides (Link) Hassk.
• Desmodium bracteosum (Michx.) DC. accepted as Desmodium cuspidatum (Willd.) Loudon
• Desmodium brevipes Vogel
• Desmodium bridgesii (Schindl.) Burkart
• Desmodium brownii Schindl.
• Desmodium buergeri Miq. accepted as Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC.
• Desmodium bullamense G. Don accepted as Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC.
• Desmodium caespitosum (Poir.) DC. accepted as Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) DC.
• Desmodium caespitosum Bojer accepted as Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC.
• Desmodium caffrum (E. Mey.) Druce accepted as Desmodium dregeanum Benth.
• Desmodium caffrum Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as Hylodesmum repandum (Vahl) H. Ohashi & R.R. Mill
• Desmodium cajanifolium (Kunth) DC.
• Desmodium callianthum Franch.
• Desmodium callilepis Hemsl.
• Desmodium campenonii Drake accepted as Desmodium barbatum (L.) Benth.
• Desmodium campestre Brandegee accepted as Desmodium glabrum (Mill.) DC.
• Desmodium campylocaulon Benth.
• Desmodium campyloclados Hemsl.
• Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
• Desmodium canaliculatum B.G. Schub.
• Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
• Desmodium canum (J.F. Gmel.) Schinz & Thell. accepted as Desmodium incanum DC.
• Desmodium capitatum (Burm. f.) DC. accepted as Desmodium styracifolium (Osbeck) Merr.
• Desmodium caripense G. Don
• Desmodium carlesii Schindl. accepted as Desmodium rubrum (Lour.) DC.
• Desmodium caudatum (Thunb.) DC. accepted as Ohwia caudata (Thunb.) H. Ohashi
• Desmodium cavaleriei H. Lev. accepted as Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.
• Desmodium celebicum Schindl. accepted as Desmodium styracifolium (Osbeck) Merr.
• Desmodium cephalotes (Roxb.) Benth. accepted as Dendrolobium triangulare (Retz.) Schindl.
• Desmodium cephalotes (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. accepted as Dendrolobium triangulare (Retz.) Schindl.
• Desmodium cephalotoides Craib accepted as Dendrolobium triangulare (Retz.) Schindl.
• Desmodium chamissonis Vogel
• Desmodium chartaceum Brandegee
• Desmodium chiapense Brandegee