⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name record (from Tropicos) is not included in version 1.1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name is included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Desmodium japonicum in version 1.1 of The Plant List.
This name is a synonym of Hylodesmum podocarpum subsp. oxyphyllum .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 13062856
) with original publication details: Cat. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 25 25 1870.