ECHINOCHLOA colona (L.) Link [family POACEAE], Hort. Berol. 2: 209 (1833); F.T.A. 9: 607 (1920); E.A. Pasture Plants 1: 36 (1926); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 138 (1934); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 16 (1947); F.P.N.A. 3: 92 (1955); F.P.S. 3: 441 (1956); R.K.G.: 42 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 36 (1958); I.G.U.: 27 (1960); G.T.: 65 (1965); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 439 (1972). Type: Jamaica, Browne (LINN, holo.)
Panicum colonum L. [family POACEAE], Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 870 (1759)
Panicum equitans A. Rich. [family POACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 365 (1851). Type: Ethiopia, Sara, Schimper 1608 (K, iso.!)
Panicum brachiariaeforme Steud. [family POACEAE], Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 54 (1854). Type: West Africa, without precise locality, Le Jolis (P, holo.)
Echinochloa divaricata Anderss. [family POACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb., Bot. 2: 549 (1863). Type: Mozambique, Tete, Peters (B, holo.!)
Panicum colonum (A. Rich.) Th. Dur. & Schinz var. equitans [family POACEAE], Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 743 (1895)
Setaria brachiariaeformis (Steud.) Th. Dur. & Schinz [family POACEAE], Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 772 (1895)
Panicum echinochloa Th. Dur. & Schinz [family POACEAE], Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 748 (1894). Based on Echinochloa divaricata Anderss. non Panicum divaricatum L. (1759)
Panicum colonum Hack. var. atroviolaceum [family POACEAE], in Viert. Nat. Ges. Zurich 56: 71 (1911). Type: Namibia, Ondonga to Uakuyanyama, Rautanen 741 (Z, holo.!)
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Honda subsp. colona [family POACEAE], in Bot. Mag. Tokyo 37: 122 (1923)
Panicum colonum Peter var. angustatum [family POACEAE], F.D.O.-A. 1, Anh.: 33 (1930). Type: Tanzania, Kigoma District, Uvinza, Peter 35953 (B, holo.†)
Echinochloa equitans (A. Rich.) C.E. Hubbard [family POACEAE], in Troupin, Expl. Pare Nat. Garamba 4: 33 (1956)
Brachiaria longifolia Gilli [family POACEAE], in Ann. Nat. Mus. Wien 69: 39 (1966). Type: Tanzania, Njombe District, Lupingu, Gilli 43 (W, holo.!)
Echinochloa colona (A. Rich.) Cuf. var. equitans [family POACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 39, Suppl.: 1320 (1969)