DESMODIUM canum (J. F. Gmel.) Schinz & Thell. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Schellenb., Schinz & Thell., Mem. Soc. Neuchâtel. 5: 371 (1913) & in F.R. 12: 428 (1913); Schubert in F.C.B. 5: 184 (1954); Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 584 (1958). Type: Plumier, Pl. Amer., ed. J. Burm., t. 149/1 (1756)
Hedysarum racemosum Aubl. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Hist. Pl. Guiane Fr. 2: 774 (1775), non Thunb. (1784). Type: as for species; this name preoccupied in Desmodium by D. racemosum (Thunb.) DC. (1825)
Hedysarum frutescens [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], [sensu Jacq., Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 47, t. 89 (1776), non L. (1753)]
Hedysarum supinum Sw. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 106 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1264 (1806), non Villars (1779–80). Type: Jamaica, Swartz (S, holo. !, GH, photo. !)
Hedysarum incanum Sw. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 107 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1265 (1806), non Thunb. (1784). Type: Jamaica, Swartz (S, holo. !, GH, photo. !)
Hedysarum canum J. F. Gmel. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in L., Syst. Nat., ed.13, 2 (2): 1124 (1791), non Lunan (1814)
Desmodium incanum (Sw.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Prodr. 2: 332 (1825)
Desmodium supinum (Sw.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Prodr. 2: 332 (1825)
Meibomia supina (Sw.) Britton [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Ann. New York Acad. 7: 83 (1892)
Meibomia incana (Sw.) Vail [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Bull. Torrey Bot. Cl. 19: 118 (1892)
Desmodium frutescens [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], [sensu Schindl. in F.R. 21: 9 (1925), non Hedysarum frutescens L.]