ERAGROSTIS cilianensis (All.) F.T. Hubbard [family POACEAE], in Philippine Journ. Sci. Bot. *: 159 (1913) [corrected see note]; Ann. list grasses Ug.: 18 (1947); Imp. grassl. pi. Kenya: 30 (1951); F.P.N.A. 3: 161 (1955); F.P.S. 3: 456 (1956); R.K.G.: 19 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 39 (1958); I.G.U.: 31 (1960); G.T.: 32 (1965); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 390 (1972). Type: Italy, Bellardi (holo. †, TO, iso.)
Briza eragrostis L. [family POACEAE], Sp. Pl.: 70 (1753), non Poa eragrostis L. Type: Southern Europe, ? Burser (UPS, holo., K, microfiche !)
Poa cilianensis All. [family POACEAE], Fl. Pedem. 2: 246, fig. 91/2 (1785)
Briza oblonga Moench [family POACEAE], Meth.: 188 (1794), nom. superfl. Based on Briza eragrostis L.
Poa megastachya Koel. [family POACEAE], Descr. Gram.: 181 (1802). Based on Briza eragrostis L.
Eragrostis major Host [family POACEAE], Gram. Austr. 4: 14 (1809). Based on Briza eragrostis L.
Eragrostis megastachya (Koel.) Link [family POACEAE], Hort. Berol. 1: 187 (1827)
Poa cachetica Schumach. [family POACEAE], Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 66 (1827). Type: Ghana, Thonning (C, holo. !)
Eragrostis multiflora Chiov. var. insularis [family POACEAE], . in Ann. 1st. Bot. Roma 8: 65 (1903). Type: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Dahlak Archipelago, Terracciano 778 (FI, holo. !)
Eragrostis multiflora Chiov. var. glandulifera [family POACEAE], . in Ann. 1st. Bot. Roma 8: 370 (1908). Type: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Assaorta, Pappi 2611 (FI, holo.!)
Eragrostis multiflora Chiov. var. subbiloba [family POACEAE], . in Ann. 1st. Bot. Roma 8: 370 (1908). Types: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Mumat Mahader, Pappi 6675 & Adi Ghebsus, Pappi 7248 & Dalul, Pappi 6453 & many other syntypes (all FI, syn. !)
Eragrostis major (Chiov.) Chiov. var. subbiloba [family POACEAE], Res. Sci. Miss. Stefan.-Paoli 1: 187 (1916)
Eragrostis articulata De Wild. [family POACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 6: 58, fig. 2 (1919), non Nees (1829), nom. illegit. Type: Zaire, Kapiri valley, Homblé 1032 (BR, holo.)
Eragrostis pappii Gand. [family POACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 299 (1920). Type: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Beni Amer, Pappi 5964 (LY, holo. !)
Eragrostis schweinfurthiana Jedw. [family POACEAE], in Bot. Archiv. 5: 194 (1924). Type: Sudan, Gebel Schettol, Schweinfurth 1492 (B, holo.)
Eragrostis polysperma Peter [family POACEAE], F.D.O.-A. 1, Anh.: 112 (1930). Type: Tanzania, Masai District, Munge [Lemunge] to Ngorongoro, Peter 43114 (B, holo. †)