ARISTIDA congesta Roem. & Schult. [family POACEAE], Syst. Veg. 2: 401 (1817). Type: South Africa, Cape Province, Lichtenstein (B, holo. †)
ARISTIDA longicauda Hack. [family POACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 143 (1888). Type: Mozambique, without precise locality, Carvalho 35 (W, holo., K, iso.!)
ARISTIDA alopecuroïdes Hack. [family POACEAE], in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brand. 30: 114 (1888). Type: South West Africa, Amboland, Schinz 15847 (W, holo., K, iso.!)
ARISTIDA tunetana Coss. [family POACEAE], in Batt. & Trab., Fl. Alger. 2: 157 (1895). Type: Tunisia, Cosson (P, holo., K, iso.!)
ARISTIDA congesta Chiov. var. pilifera [family POACEAE], in Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 333 (1908). Type: Eritrea, Oculai Cusai, Pappi 1709 (FI, holo.!)
ARISTIDA elytrophoroïdes Chiov. [family POACEAE], in Agric. Col. Fir. 18: 350 (1924); R.K.G.: 33 (1958); G.T.: 23 (1965). Type: as for A. congesta var. pilifera