SPOROBOLUS piliferus (Trin.) Kunth [family POACEAE], ,Enum. Pl. 1: 211 (1833); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 45 (1947); F.P.N.A. 3: 143 (1955); R.K.G.: 28 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 61 (1958); I.G.U.: 56 (1960); G.T.: 46 (1965); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 407 (1972). Type: Nepal (LE, holo.)
Vilfa pilifera Trin. [family POACEAE], Diss. Bot.: 157 (1824)
Sporobolus stachydanthus A. Rich. [family POACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 394 (1851). Type: Ethiopia, Tigre, Shire [Chiré], Quartin Dillon (P, holo. !, K, iso. !)
Triachyrum stachydanthum (A. Rich.) Schweinf. [family POACEAE], Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 311 (1867), as “ stachyanthum ”