ERAGROSTIS hispida K. Schum. [family POACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 114 (1895); E.A. Pasture Plants 2: 44 (1927); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 19 (1947); F.P.S. 3: 452 (1956); R.K.G.: 18 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 39 (1958); I.G.U.: 29 (1960); G.T.: 32 (1965). Type: Kenya, Kitui, Hildebrandt 2675 (K, iso.!)
ERAGROSTIS blepharolepis Hack. [family POACEAE], in F.R. 10: 171 (1911). Types: Rhodesia, Sangola Spruit, Kassner 2111 (K, isosyn. !) & Bulawayo, Gardner 75 (? W, syn.)
ERAGROSTIS bequaertii De Wild. [family POACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 6: 59, fig. 6/1 (1919). Type: Zaire, Katanga, Kundelungu, Bequaert 255 (BR, holo. !, K, iso. !)
ERAGROSTIS elisabethae Peter [family POACEAE], in Abh. Ges. Wiss. Gött., Math.-Phys. Kl., Neue Folge 13: 46 (1928) & F.D.O.-A. 1, Ann.: 102, fig. 60/2 (1930). Type: Burundi, Vigeni-Murutoke, Peter 38039 (B, lecto. †)
ERAGROSTIS hispida Peter var. psilothyrsus [family POACEAE], in F.D.O.-A. 1, Anh.: 102 (1930). Type: Tanzania, Tabora District, Ngulu, Malongwe-Nyahua, Peter 34554 (B, holo. †)