Acacia angustisiliqua (Lam.) Desf., Acacia virgata (L.) Gaertn., Acuan depressa (Willd.) Kuntze, Acuan depressum (Willd.) Kuntze, Acuan texanum Britton & Rose, Acuan tracyi Britton & Rose, Acuan virgatum (L.) Medik., Desmanthus depressus Willd., Desmanthus leptophyllus DC., Desmanthus pernambucensis (L.) Thell., Desmanthus pratorum Macfad., Desmanthus strictus DC., Desmanthus tenellus DC., Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd. var. depressus (Willd.) B.L.Turner, Mimosa angustisiliqua Lam., Mimosa depressa (Willd.) Poir., Mimosa pernambucensis L., Mimosa virgata L.
Desmanthus virgatus, Desmanthus pubescens, Desmanthus pernambucanus, Desmanthus glandulosus and Desmanthus leptophyllus were not considered to be different species until 1993 and many authors continued to refer to all species as Desmanthus virgatus in the literature until the late 1990s (Cook et al., 2005).