CYMBOPOGON schoenanthus (A. Rich.) Maire & Weiller subsp. proximus [family POACEAE], Fl. Afr. Nord 1: 287 (1952); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 482 (1972). Types: Ethiopia, Djeladjeranne, Schimper 1792 (K, isosyn.!) & Shire [Chiré], Quartin Dillon (P, syn.)
Andropogon sennarensis Hochst. [family POACEAE], in Flora 27: 243 (1844). Type: Sudan, Sennar, Kotschy 187 (K, iso.!)
Andropogon proximus A. Rich. [family POACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 464 (1851)
Andropogon jwarancusa (Hochst.) Hack. var. sennarensis [family POACEAE], in DC, Monogr. Phan. 6: 600 (1889)
Andropogon jwarancusa (A. Rich.) Hack. var. proximus [family POACEAE], in DC, Monogr. Phan. 6: 601 (1889)
Cymbopogon sennarensis (Hochst.) Chiov. [family POACEAE], Gram. Essenze: 16 (1909); F.T.A. 9: 270 (1919); F.P.S. 3: 422 (1956)
Cymbopogon sennarensis (A. Rich.) Chiov. var. proximus [family POACEAE], Gram. Essenze: 16 (1909)
Cymbopogon proximus (A. Rich.) Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 271 (1919); F.P.S. 3: 422 (1956)
Andropogon schoenanthus (A. Rich.) A. Chev. var. proximus [family POACEAE], Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Fr. 1: 719 (1920)
Cymbopogon proximus (Hochst.) Drar var. sennarensis [family POACEAE], Min. Agric. Egypt Bull. no. 149: 57 (1936)
Andropogon schoenanthus (A. Rich.) Maire subsp. proximus [family POACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 30: 368 (1939)