ENTEROPOGON macrostachyus (A. Rich.) Benth. [family POACEAE], in J.L.S. 19: 101 (1881); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 17 (1947); Imp. grassl. pl. Kenya: 34 (1951); F.P.S. 3: 448 (1956); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 38 (1958); R.K.G.: 24 (1958); I.G.U.: 28 (1960); G.T.: 40 (1965); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 402 (1972). Type: Ethiopia, Tigre, Mai-Mezano, Schimper 1477 (K, iso.!)
Chloris simplex Schumach. [family POACEAE], Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 54 (1827), nom. superfl. Type: Ghana, Thonning (C. holo.!)
Chloris macrostachya A. Rich. [family POACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 408 (1851)
Megastachya abyssinica Steud. [family POACEAE], Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 203 (1854), in synon., based on Macrostachya abyssinica Hochst., in sched.
Enteropogon simplex (Schumach.) A. Chev. [family POACEAE], in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 125 (1934)
Enteropogon monostachyos [family POACEAE], [sensu Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 17 (1947), non (Vahl) K. Schum.]