LEERSIA hexandra Sw. [family POACEAE], Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 21 (1788); E. A. Pasture Plants 1: 46 (1926); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 26 (1947); Imp. grassl. pl. Kenya: 47 (1951); F.P.N.A. 3: 205 (1955); Troupin, Fl. Garamba 1: 51 (1956); F.P.S. 3: 479 (1956); R.K.G.: 35 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 46 (1958); I.G.U.: 39 (1960); G.T.: 50 (1965). Type: Jamaica, Swartz (BM, holo.!)
Asprella hexandra (Sw.) Roem. & Schult. [family ], Syst. Veg. 2: 267 (1817)
Leersia abyssinica A. Rich. [family POACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 356 (1851). Type: Ethiopia, Tigre, Shire, Schimper 1823 (K, iso.!)
Leersia capensis C. Mueller [family POACEAE], in Bot. Zeit. 14: 345 (1856). Type: South Africa, Cape Province, Alexander (K, iso.!)
Oryza hexandra (Sw.) Doell [family POACEAE], in Mart., Fl. Bras. 2 (2): 10 (1871)
Homalocenchrus hexandrus (Sw.) Kuntze [family POACEAE], Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 777 (1891)