ERAGROSTIS atrovirens (Desf.) Steud. [family POACEAE], ,Nom. Bot., ed. 2,1: 562 (1840); Troupin, Fl. Garamba 1: 36 (1956); F.P.S. 3: 456 (1956); R.K.G.: 21 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 38 (1958); I.G.U.: 32 (1960); G.T.: 32 (1965); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 390 (1972). Type: Algeria, La Calle, Desfontaines (FI, holo.)
Poa atrovirens Desf. [family POACEAE], Fl. Atlant. 1: 73 (1798)
Poa biformis Kunth [family POACEAE], Rév. Gram. 2: 471, fig. 149 (1831). Type: Senegal, Richard Tol, Lelièvre (whereabouts uncertain)
Eragrostis biformis (Kunth) Benth. [family POACEAE], Fl. Nigrit.: 568 (1849)
Eragrostis bromoides Jedw. [family POACEAE], in Bot. Archiv. 5: 190 (1924), non Steud. (1854), nom. illegit. Type: Central African Republic, Bailli R., Chevalier 8588 (K, iso.!)
Eragrostis multiflora (Kunth) A. Chev. var. biformis [family POACEAE], in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 15: 1042 (1935)
Eragrostis chariis [family POACEAE], [sensu Ann. list grasses Ug.: 18 (1947), non (Schult.) Hitchcock]
Eragrostis sudanica A. Chev. [family POACEAE], in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, sér. 2, 20: 471 (1948). Type: Mali, Bamako, Chevalier 233 (P, holo.!)