Andropogon emarginatus De Wild. [family GRAMINEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 6: 33 (1919). Type from Dem. Rep. Congo.
Diheteropogon grandiflorus Hack. Stapf [family GRAMINEAE], in Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 31: t. 3093 (1922). —Simon in Kirkia 8: 17, 50 (1971).
Diheteropogon emarginatus De Wild. Robyns [family GRAMINEAE], Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 1: 152 (1929). —Napper, Grasses Tanganyika: 106 (1965).
Diheteropogon maximus C.E. Hubb. [family GRAMINEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1936: 296 (1936). Type from Angola.
Heteropogon grandiflorus Hack. Roberty [family GRAMINEAE], in Boissiera 9: 137 (1960).
Diheteropogon filifolius Nees Clayton [family GRAMINEAE], in Kew Bull. 20: 75 (1966). —Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 489 (1972). —Bennett in Kirkia 11: 178 (1980). Type from South Africa.
Heteropogon filifolius Nees [family GRAMINEAE], Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 102 (1841).
Andropogon filifolius Nees Steud. [family GRAMINEAE], Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 374 (1854).
Andropogon grandiflorus Hack. [family GRAMINEAE], in Flora 68: 127 (1885). Type from Nigeria.