Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 91, 149, 160, pl. 18, f. 3. 1812 sec. Dávila & al. 2018
- =Aira ambigua Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 61. 1803 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) P. Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr. 91: 91. 1812 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Aira caespitosa var. ambigua (Michx.) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 77. 1813 ["1814"] syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Aira caespitosa Muhl., Descr. Gram.: 85. 1817 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Aira aristulata Torr., Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 132. 1823 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Deschampsia biebersteiniana Schult., Mant. 2: 380. 1824 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Campella caespitosa (L.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 122. 1827 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Aira caespitosa var. genuina Rchb., Agrostographia Germanica 1: t. 96, f. 1682. 1834 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Deschampsia cespitosa var. alpina Schur in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 326. 1859 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Avena caespitosa (L.) Kuntze, Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 45. 1867 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Aira major Syme, Engl. Bot. (ed. 3B) 11: 63. 1873 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Aira major subsp. caespitosa (L.) Syme, Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 11: 64. 1873 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Deschampsia andina Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 43: 564. 1873 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Aira caespitosa var. montana Vasey in Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler Botany 6: 294. 1879 ["1878"] syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Deschampsia cespitosa var. maritima Vasey in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15(2): 48. 1888 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Deschampsia ambigua P. Beauv. ex B.D. Jacks., Index Kew. 1: 735. 1893 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Deschampsia cespitosa var. strictior Kurtz in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 421. 1894 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Deschampsia cespitosa var. confinis Vasey ex Beal, Grass. N. Amer. 2: 369. 1896 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Deschampsia cespitosa var. longiflora Beal, Grass. N. Amer. 2: 369. 1896 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Deschampsia alpicola Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32(11): 601. 1905 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Deschampsia confinis (Vasey ex Beal) Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 533. 1909 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Deschampsia pungens Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39(3): 103. 1909 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Deschampsia cespitosa var. genuina (Rchb.) O.H. Volk in Bot. Jaarb. 47: 312. 1912 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Aira alpicola (Rydb.) Rydb., Fl. Rocky Mts. (ed. 2): 1112. 1922 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. genuina (Rchb.) W.E. Lawr. in Amer. J. Bot. 32: 302. 1945 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006