SNOWDENIA polystachya (Fresen.) Pilg. [family POACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 14: 103 (1938); F.P.S. 3: 538 (1956); R.K.G.: 51 (1958); G.T.: 80 (1965). Type: Ethiopia, without precise locality, Rueppell (FR, holo.!)
Beckera polystachya Fresen. [family POACEAE], in Mus. Senckenb. 2: 132 (1837)
Beckera valida Fresen. [family POACEAE], in Bot. Zeit. 2: 354 (1844). Type: cultivated in Europe, seed collected by Schimper in Ethiopia, Gay (K, iso.!)
Beckera schimperi Hochst. [family POACEAE], in Flora 27: 512, 513 (1844). Type: Ethiopia, Adua [Adoa], Schimper 91 (K, iso.!)
Beckera polystachya (Hochst.) Th. Dur. & Schinz var. schimperi [family POACEAE], Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 736 (1894)