Desmodium

Accepted species 182 Documented here 48 Family Fabaceae

Accepted species 182 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. 788 documented
Desmodium canadense (L.) DC. 715 documented
Desmodium incanum (Sw.) DC. 438 documented
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC. 276 documented
Desmodium rotundifolium DC. 191 documented
Desmodium illinoense A.Gray 152 documented
Desmodium ciliare (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. 138 documented
Desmodium sessilifolium (Torr. ex M.A.Curtis) Torr. & A.Gray 118 documented
Desmodium perplexum B.G.Schub. 110 documented
Desmodium glabellum (Michx.) DC. 104 documented
Desmodium laevigatum (Nutt.) DC. 84 documented
Desmodium canescens (L.) DC. 69 documented
Desmodium cuspidatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. ex G.Don 62 documented
Desmodium marilandicum (L.) DC. 61 documented
Desmodium nuttallii (Schindl.) B.G.Schub. 57 documented
Desmodium uncinatum (Jacq.) DC. 56 documented
Desmodium viridiflorum (L.) DC. 54 documented
Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Poir. 53 documented
Desmodium pringlei S.Watson 52 documented
Desmodium tweedyi Britton 52 documented
Desmodium procumbens (Mill.) C.L.Hitchc. 36 documented
Desmodium batocaulon A.Gray 35 documented
Desmodium psilophyllum Schltdl. 33 documented
Desmodium fernaldii B.G.Schub. 32 documented
Desmodium grahamii A.Gray 29 documented
Desmodium subsessile Schltdl. 28 documented
Desmodium intortum (Mill.) Urb. 26 documented
Desmodium strictum (Pursh) DC. 26 documented
Desmodium floridanum Chapm. 23 documented
Desmodium molliculum (Kunth) DC. 21 documented
Desmodium lineatum DC. 19 documented
Desmodium rosei B.G.Schub. 19 documented
Desmodium tenuifolium Torr. & A.Gray 19 documented
Desmodium lindheimeri Vail 14 documented
Desmodium macrostachyum Hemsl. 11 documented
Desmodium ochroleucum M.A.Curtis ex Canby 11 documented
Desmodium infractum DC. 9 documented
Desmodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. 9 documented
Desmodium orbiculare Schltdl. 9 documented
Desmodium axillare (Sw.) DC. 7 documented
Desmodium cuneatum Hook. & Arn. 7 documented
Desmodium subsericeum Malme 7 documented
Desmodium densiflorum Hemsl. 6 documented
Desmodium affine Schltdl. 5 documented
Desmodium distortum (Aubl.) J.F.Macbr. 4 documented
Desmodium purpusii Brandegee 4 documented
Desmodium helleri Peyr. 3 documented
Desmodium polystachyum Schltdl. 3 documented
Desmodium amplistipulaceum L.Torres-Colín & L.O.Alvarado 2 below the evidence gate
Desmodium arizonicum S.Watson 2 below the evidence gate
Desmodium palmeri Hemsl. 2 below the evidence gate
Desmodium plicatum Schltdl. & Cham. 2 below the evidence gate
Desmodium bridgesii (Schindl.) Burkart 1 below the evidence gate
Desmodium cinerascens A.Gray 1 below the evidence gate
Desmodium hartwegianum Hemsl. 1 below the evidence gate
Desmodium sumichrastii (Schindl.) Standl. 1 below the evidence gate
Desmodium × humifusum (Muhl. ex Bigelow) L.C.Beck 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium alamanii DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium album (Schindl.) J.F.Macbr. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium ambiguum Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium amplifolium Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium angustatum (Rose & Standl.) Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium angustifolium (Kunth) DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium arechavaletae Burkart 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium bellum (S.F.Blake) B.G.Schub. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium bioculatum S.Watson 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium burkartii L.C.P.Lima & Vanni 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium cajanifolium (Kunth) DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium callilepis Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium campyloclados Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium canaliculatum B.G.Schub. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium caripense (Kunth) G.Don 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium chartaceum Brandegee 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium chiapense Brandegee 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium cinereum (Kunth) DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium coloniense M.E.Jones 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium conzattii Greenm. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium cordistipulum Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium craspediferum A.M.G.Azevedo & F.Oliveira 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium crassum M.E.Jones 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium cubense Griseb. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium delotum J.F.Macbr. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium denudatum DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium foliosum Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium ghiesbreghtii Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium glabrescens Malme 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium glabrum (Mill.) DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium gracile M.Martens & Galeotti 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium guadalajaranum S.Watson 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium guaraniticum (Chodat & Hassl.) Malme 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium guianense DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium hassleri (Schindl.) Burkart 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium hirsutum M.Martens & Galeotti 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium hookerianum D.Dietr. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium intermedium Burkart 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium jaliscanum S.Watson 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium johnstonii Standl. ex B.G.Schub. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium karwinskii (Schindl.) L.Torres-Colín & A.Delgado 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium lactescens Bojer 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium lagopodioides Endl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium lamprocarpum Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium lavanduliflorum Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium leiocarpum (Spreng.) G.Don 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium lempirae C.Nelson 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium leptoclados Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium leptomeres (S.F.Blake) B.G.Schub. & McVaugh 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium limense Hook. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium longiarticulatum (Rusby) Burkart 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium lupulinum Schltdl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium luteolum Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium macrodesmum (S.F.Blake) Standl. & Steyerm. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium macropodium Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium madrense Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium maxonii (Standl.) Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium membranifolium L.C.P.Lima, A.M.G.Azevedo & L.P.Queiroz 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium metallicum (Rose & Standl.) Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium metcalfei (Rose & J.H.Painter) Kearney & Peebles 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium mexiae B.G.Schub. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium michelianum (Schindl.) B.G.Schub. & McVaugh 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium michoacanum B.G.Schub. & McVaugh 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium micranthum (Schindl.) J.F.Macbr. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium microcarpum (Rusby) L.C.P.Lima, A.M.G.Azevedo & L.P.Queiroz 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium miniatura Standl. & L.O.Williams 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium monticola Brandegee 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium neaei DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium nicaraguense Oerst. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium nitidum M.Martens & Galeotti 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium novogalicianum B.G.Schub. & McVaugh 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium occidentale (C.V.Morton) Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium orizabanum Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium ospriostreblum Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium pachyrrhizum Vogel 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium painteri (Rose & Standl.) Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium pallidum (Rose & J.H.Painter) Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium paraguanae Pittier 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium parkinsonii Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium platycarpum Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium plectocarpum Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium polygaloides Chodat & Hassl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium prehensile Schltdl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium prodigum (Schindl.) Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium prostratum Brandegee 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium pseudoamplifolium Micheli 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium psilocarpum A.Gray 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium purpusianum (Schindl.) B.G.Schub. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium raymundoramirezii L.Torres & A.Delgado 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium retinens Schltdl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium rhynchodesmum (S.F.Blake) Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium riedelii (Schindl.) Burkart 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium saccatum B.G.Schub. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium sagittatum (Poir.) DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium saxatile (C.V.Morton) B.G.Schub. & McVaugh 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium scalare B.G.Schub. & McVaugh 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium schindleri B.G.Schub. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium schubertianum Standl. & L.O.Williams 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium schusteri (Schindl.) Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium sclerophyllum Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium scopulorum S.Watson 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium scutatum Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium seatonii Greenm. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium seleri (Schindl.) Standl. & Steyerm. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium sericeum (Schindl.) Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium sericocarpum Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium sericophyllum Schltdl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium serotinum (Willd.) DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium skinneri Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium subrosum G.L.Nesom 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium subsecundum Vogel 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium subtile Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium sylvicola Brandegee 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium tastense Brandegee 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium tenuipes (S.F.Blake) B.G.Schub. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium triarticulatum Malme 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium urarioides (S.F.Blake) B.G.Schub. & McVaugh 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium vargasianum B.G.Schub. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium venosum Vogel 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium venustum Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium volubile (Schindl.) B.G.Schub. & McVaugh 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium weberbaueri (Schindl.) J.F.Macbr. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium wydlerianum Urb. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium xylopodium Greenm. 0 below the evidence gate
Desmodium yungasense Britton 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.