⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record ild-51002, with some changes.

Desmodium polycarpum var. trichocaulon (DC.) Baker is a synonym of Desmodium heterocarpon var. heterocarpon (L.) DC.

This name is a synonym of Desmodium heterocarpon var. heterocarpon (L.) DC..

The record derives from ILDIS which reports it as a synonym (record 51002).