SETARIA longiseta P. Beauv. [family POACEAE], Fl. Owar. 2: 81, fig. 110/2 (1819); F.T.A. 9: 836 (1930); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 274 (1934); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 42 (1947); F.P.N.A. 3: 115 (1955); F.P.S. 3: 536 (1956); R.K.G.: 41 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 58 (1958); I.G.U.: 54 (1960); G.T.: 86 (1965); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 423 (1972). Type: Nigeria, Palisot de Beauvois (G, holo.!)
Panicum longifolium Schumach. [family POACEAE], Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 63 (1827). Type: Ghana, Thonning 401 (C, holo.!, S, iso.!)
Panicum rescissum Trin. [family POACEAE], in Mém. Acad. Sci. Pétersb., ser. 6, 3: 218 (1834). Based on Setaria longiseta P. Beauv., non Panicum longisetum Poir. (1816)
Pennisetum longisetum (P. Beauv.) K. Schum. [family POACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 105 (1895)
Setaria paniciformis Rendle [family POACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 186 (1899). Types: Angola, Luxillo, Welwitsch 2753 (K, isosyn.!) & without locality, Welwitsch 2764 (K, isosyn.!) & 2764b (K, isosyn.!) & 2858 (LISU, syn.)
Panicum longepetiolatum Pilg. [family POACEAE], in E.J. 33: 45 (1902), nom. confus. Type: Sudan, Maschiro Hills, Schweinfurth 4027 (B, holo.†)—this sheet includes foliage of Andropogon gayanus
Setaria lasiothyrsa Massey [family POACEAE], Sudan Grasses: 33 (1926); F.T.A. 9: 838 (1930); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 277 (1934); F.P.N.A. 3: 115 (1955); F.P.S. 3: 536 (1958). Type: Sudan, Maschiro Hills, Schweinfurth 4027 (K, holo.!)—this sheet bears no extraneous foliage
Setaria longepetiolata (Pilg.) A. Camus [family POACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 74: 633 (1927)