| Desmanthus cooleyi (Eaton) Branner & Coville, 1891 |
| Desmanthus covillei (Britton & Rose) Wiggins, 1950 |
| Desmanthus covillei var. covillei (Britton & Rose) Wiggins, 1950 |
| Desmanthus depressus Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., 1806 |
| Desmanthus fruticosus Rose, 1892 |
| Desmanthus glandulosus (B.L. Turner) Luckow, 1993 |
| Desmanthus interior (Britton & Rose) Bullock, 1939 |
| Desmanthus leptophyllus Kunth, 1824 |
| Desmanthus lineatum DC., 1825 |
| Desmanthus nervosus (Britton & Rose) Rudd, 1966 |
| Desmanthus obtusus S. Watson, 1882 |
| Desmanthus oligospermus Brandegee, 1891 |
| Desmanthus painteri (Britton & Rose) Standl., 1936 |
| Desmanthus paspalaceus (Lindm.) Burkart, 1946 |
| Desmanthus pernambucanus (L.) Thell., 1912 |
| Desmanthus pringlei (Britton & Rose) F.J. Herm., 1948 |
| Desmanthus pubescens B.L. Turner, 1950 |
| Desmanthus pumilus J.F. Macbr., 1919 |
| Desmanthus pumilus var. michoacanus Luckow, 1993 |
| Desmanthus pumilus var. pumilus J.F. Macbr., 1919 |