MELINIS minutiflora P. Beauv. [family POACEAE], Ess. Agrost.: 54, fig. 11/4 (1812); E.A. Pasture Plants 2: 30 (1927); F.T.A. 9: 931 (1930); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 317 (1934); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 28 (1947); Imp. Grassl. Pl. Kenya: 59 (1951); F.P.N.A. 3: 122 (1955); F.P.S. 3: 488 (1956); R.K.G.: 50 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 48 (1958); I.G.U.: 42 (1960); G.T.: 81 (1965); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 455 (1972). Type: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, de Jussieu (G, holo.!)
Panicum minutiflorum (P. Beauv.) Rasp [family POACEAE], in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. 5: 299 (1825)
Panicum melinis Trin. [family POACEAE], in Mém. Acad. Sci. Pétersb., sér. 6, 3: 291 (1834), nom. superfl. based on Melinis minutiflora
Panicum melinis Doell var. inerme [family POACEAE], in Mart., Fl. Bras. 2 (2): 242 (1877). Type: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Glaziou 1166 (K, iso.!)
Melinis minutiflora Hack. var. mutica [family POACEAE], in Sitz. Acad. Wien. 89: 126 (1884). Type: Madagascar, Imerina, Hildebrandt 3998 (K, iso.!)
Melinis minutiflora (Doell) Rendle var. inermis [family POACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 200 (1899)
Melinis minutiflora Stapf var. pilosa [family POACEAE], in Fl. Cap. 7: 447 (1899). Type: South Africa, Umpumulo, Buchanan 299 (K, holo.!)
Melinis tenuinervis Stapf [family POACEAE], in K.B. 1922: 310 (1922); F.T.A. 9: 929 (1930); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 315 (1934); F.P.N.A. 3: 121 (1955); F.P.S. 3: 488 (1956); R.K.G.: 50 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 48 (1958); I.G.U.: 41 (1960); G.T.: 81 (1965). Based on M. minutiflora var. pilosa
Melinis purpurea Stapf & Hubbard [family POACEAE], in K.B. 1926: 444 (1926); F.T.A. 9: 928 (1930); G.T.: 81 (1965). Type: Tanzania, Rungwe Mt., Stolz 1341 (K, holo.!)
Melinis maitlandii Stapf & Hubbard [family POACEAE], in K.B. 1926: 445 (1926); F.T.A. 9: 930 (1930); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 316 (1934); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 28 (1947); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 48 (1958); I.G.U.: 42 (1960); G.T.: 81 (1965). Type: Uganda, Sese Is., Bufumira, Maitland 360 (K, holo.!)
Melinis tenuinervis Peter var. parvispicula [family POACEAE], F.D.O.-A. 1: 157 (1930), nom. nud. Based on Tanzania, Rungwe, Stolz 1302 (K!) & two other specimens now lost
Melinis minutiflora (Doell) Stapf & Hubbard forma inermis [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 932 (1930); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 28 (1947); F.P.N.A. 3: 122 (1956); I.G.U.: 42 (1960)
Melinis minutiflora W.D. Clayton var. setigera [family POACEAE], in K.B. 21: 113 (1967) & in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 455 (1972). Type: Cameroun, Buea, Maitland 102a (K, holo.!)