Festuca abyssinica A. Rich. [family GRAMINEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 433 (1851). — Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. A: 126 (1895); op. cit. C: 116 (1895); — Eggeling, Annot. List Grass. Uganda: 21 (1947). — Robyns & Tournay, Fl. Parc Nat. Alb. 3: 192 (1955). — Bogdan, Rev. List Kenya Grass.: 15 (1958). — Harker & Napper, Ill. Guide Grass. Uganda: 34 (1960). — Napper, Grass. Tangan.: 14 (1965). — W. D. Clayton in F.T.E.A., Gramineae: 60, fig. 21 (1970). TAB. 15. Type from Ethiopia.
Festuca schimperana A. Rich. [family GRAMINEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 433 (1851). — Eggeling, Annot. List Grass. Uganda: 21 (1947). — Jackson & Wiehe, Annot. Check List Nyasal. Grass.: 42 (1958). — Type from Ethiopia.
Festuca restituta Steud. [family GRAMINEAE], Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 314 (1854) nom. superfl. Based on Festuca schimperana; however the description refers to Festuca simensis.
Festuca rigidula Steud. [family GRAMINEAE], loc. cit. — Eggeling, Annot. List Grass. Uganda: 21 (1947). — F. W. Andr., Fl. Pl. Sudan, 3: 461 (1956). Type from Ethiopia.
Festuca abyssinica var. acuta Rendle [family GRAMINEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 255 (1899). Type from Angola.
Festuca gelida Chiov. [family GRAMINEAE], in Ann. Bot. Roma, 6: 147 (1907). — Type from Congo Republic.
Festuca abyssinica subsp. acamptophylla St. Yves [family GRAMINEAE], in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berl. 9: 1132 (1927). Type from Tanzania.
Festuca abyssinica var. intermedia St. Yves [family GRAMINEAE], loc. cit. Type from Kenya.
Festuca abyssinica var. keniana St. Yves [family GRAMINEAE], loc. cit. Type from Kenya.
Festuca abyssinica var. schimperana St. Yves [family GRAMINEAE], loc. cit. Type as for Festuca schimperana.
Koeleria afromontana Jacques-Félix [family GRAMINEAE], Gram. Afr. Trop.: 186 (1962) nom. nud.