TRACHYPOGON spicatus (L.f.) Kuntze [family POACEAE], Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 794 (1891); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 47 (1947); R.K.G.: 61 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 63 (1958); I.G.U.: 59 (1960); G.T.: 110 (1965); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2,3:473 (1972). Type: South Africa, Cape, Thunberg (LINN, holo.!)
Stipa spicata L.f. [family POACEAE], Suppl. Pl.: 111 (1781); Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 20 (1794)
Andropogon plumosus Willd. [family POACEAE], Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 918 (1806). Type: Venezuela, Cumana, Humboldt (B, holo.)
Trachypogon plumosus (Willd.) Nees [family POACEAE], Agrost. Bras.: 344 (1829); F.T.A. 9: 403 (1919); Fl.Agrost. Congo Belge 1: 208 (1929); Ann. list grasses Ug.: 47 (1947); Imp. Grassl. Pl. Kenya: 82(1951)
Trachypogon capensis Trin. [family POACEAE], in Mém. Acad. Sci. Pétersb., sér. 6, 2: 257 (1832), nom. superfl., based on Stipa spicata L.f.
Heteropogon truncatus Nees [family POACEAE], Fl. Afr. Austr.: 102 (1841). Type: South Africa, Kromrivier-Uitenhage, Ecklon (S, iso.!)
Andropogon spicatus (L.f.) Steud. [family POACEAE], Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 368 (1854)
Andropogon truncatus (Nees) Steud. [family POACEAE], Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 368 (1854)
Trachypogon truncatus (Nees) Anderss. [family POACEAE], in Öfv. Svensk. Vet. Akad. Förh. 14: 49 (1857)
Trachypogon polymorphus (Nees) Hack. var. truncatus [family POACEAE], in DC, Monogr. Phan. 6: 327 (1889)
Trachypogon polymorphus Franch. var. thollonii [family POACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 322 (1895). Types: Congo (Brazzaville), Mpila, Thollon 92 (P, syn.!) & 393 (P, syn.)
Trachypogon involutus Pilg. [family POACEAE], in Fries, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1: 192 (1915). Type: Zambia, Kamindas, Fries 963 (UPS, holo., K, photo.!)
Trachypogon thollonii (Franch.) Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 402 (1919); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 1: 207 (1929)
Trachypogon durus Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A.9: 405 (1919).Type: Angola, Cuito R., Gossweiler 3199 (K,holo.!)
Trachypogon planifolius Stapf [family POACEAE], in F.T.A. 9: 406 (1919). Type: Tanzania, Rungwe District, Kyimbila, Stolz K.44 (K, holo.!)
Trachypogon glaucescens Pilg. [family POACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 11: 803 (1933); G.T.: 111 (1965). Type: Tanzania, Njombe District, Upper Ruhudji, Pori, Schlieben 960 (BR, iso., K, photo.!)