| Name | Desmodium schimperi Hochstetter & A. Richard |
| Authorship | Hochstetter & A. Richard |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Desmodium Desvaux |
| Citation | 1847 Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 205 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium schimperi Hochstetter & A. Richard |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |