| Name | Desmodium nicaraguense Oersted ex Bentham & Oersted |
| Authorship | Oersted ex Bentham & Oersted |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Desmodium Desvaux |
| Citation | 1853 Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1853: 16 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Desmodium nicaraguense Oersted ex Bentham & Oersted |
| Identification made in | 1838 (1) |