RHYTACHNE rottboellioides Desv. [family POACEAE], in W. Ham., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Occ: 12 (1825) & Opusc: 75, fig. 6/1 (1831); F.T.A. 9: 83 (1917); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 1: 71 (1929); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 40 (1947); F.P.S. 3: 523 (1956); R.K.G.: 63 (1958); I.G.U.: 51 (1960); G.T.: 113 (1965); Clayton in K.B. 20: 261 (1966) & F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 511 (1972). Type: West Indies (whereabouts unknown)
Rottboellia rhytachne Hack. [family POACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot. 3: 136 (1885), nom superfl. Based on Rhytachne rottboellioides.
Rottboellia setifolia K. Schum. [family POACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 96 (1895). Type: Tanzania, Bukoba, Stuhlmann 3956 (K, iso.!)
Rhytachne benguellensis Rendle [family POACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 138 (1899); F.T.A. 9: 84 (1917). Type: Angola, Humpata to Nene, Welwitsch 2639 (K, iso.!)
Rhytachne mannii Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 85 (1917). Type: Rio Muni, Corisco I., Mann 1886 (K, holo.!)
Rhytachne rottboellioides Camus & Schnell var. guineensis [family POACEAE], in Rev. Gen. Bot. 57: 591 (1950). Type: Guinée, Mt. Nimba, Schnell 3435 (P, holo.!)