| Desmarestia J.V. Lamour., 1813 |
| Desmarestia dudresnayi J.V. Lamour. ex Léman, 1819 |
| Desmarestia dudresnayi subsp. tabacoides (Okamura) A.F. Peters, E.C. Yang, F.C. Küpper & Prud'Homme van Reine, 2014 |
| Desmarestia filamentosa E.Y. Dawson, 1944 |
| Desmarestia herbacea (Turner) J.V. Lamour., 1813 |
| Desmarestia latifrons (Rupr.) Kütz., 1859 |
| Desmarestia mexicana E.Y. Dawson, 1944 |
| Desmarestia munda Setch. & N.L. Gardner, 1924 |
| Desmarestia munda subsp. mexicana (E.Y. Dawson) Norris, 2010 |
| Desmarestia pacifica Setch. & N.L. Gardner, 1924 |
| Desmarestia tabacoides Okamura, 1908 |
| Desmarestia viridis (O.F. Müll.) J.V. Lamour., 1813 |
| Desmarestiaceae Kjellm., 1880 |
| Spinularia J.E. Gray, 1867 |
| Spinularia latifrons Rupr., 1850 |