Bromus unioloides Kunth [family GRAMINEAE], Nov. Gen. & Sp. Pl. 1: 151 (1816). — Hack. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2, 2: 76 (1887). — Stapf. in Harv. & Sond., F. C. 7: 727, 734 (1900). — Wood, Natal Pl. t. 5, 3: pl. 461 (1906). — Sturgeon in Rhod. Agric. Journ. 51: 225 (1954). — C. E. Hubb. in Agron. Lusit. 18: 7 (1956). — Bogdan, Rev. List Kenya Grass.: 14 (1958). — Bor, Grass. B.C.I. & P.: 456 (1960). — Harker & Napper, Ill. Guide Grass. Uganda: 20 (1960). — Napper, Grass. Tangan.: 15 (1965). — W. D. Clayton, F.T.E.A., Gramineae: 67, fig. 23 no. 14 (1970). TAB. 17 fig. B. Type from Ecuador.
Bromus catharticus Vahl [family GRAMINEAE], Symb. Bot. 2: 22 (1791) nomen confusum. — Hack. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2, 2: 75 (1887). — Monro in Proc. Rhod. Sci. Assoc. 6, 1: 38, 61 (1906). — Chippindall in Meredith, Grasses & Pastures of S. Afr.: 63 (1955). — Type not certain.
Festuca unioloides Willd. [family GRAMINEAE], in Hort. Berol. 1: tab. 3 (1803). Type from North America (Carolina) cultivated from a seed at Berlin.
Ceratochloa unioloides Willd. Beauv. [family GRAMINEAE], Ess. Agrost.: 75, 164, tab. 15, fig. 7 (1812). Type as above.
Schedonardus unioloides Kunth Roem. & Schult. [family GRAMINEAE], in L., Syst. Veg. 2: 708 (1817). Type as for Bromus unioloides.
Bromus unioloides Willd. Rasp. [family GRAMINEAE], in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. 5: 439 (1825) non Kunth (1816). Type as for Festuca unioloides.
Bromus willdenowii Kunth [family GRAMINEAE], Rev. Gram. 1: 134 (1829). Type as for Festuca unioloides.
Ceratochloa haenkeana Presl [family GRAMINEAE], in Reliq. Haenk. 1: 285 (1830). Type from Chile.
Bromus haenkeanus Presl Kunth [family GRAMINEAE], Enum. Pl. 1: 416 (1833). Type as above.
Ceratochloa cathartica Vahl Herter [family GRAMINEAE], Revist. Sudamer. Bot. 6: 144 (1940). Type as for Bromus catharticus.