Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) M.B. Moss ex Stapf & C.E. Hubb., Fl. Trop. Afr. 9(5): 795-798. 1930 sec. Dávila & al. 2018
- =Panicum sphacelatum Schumach., Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 58–59. 1827 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Pennisetum sphacelatum (Schumach.) T. Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 784. 1894 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Setaria sphacelata Stapf & C.E. Hubb. ex Moss in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929(6): 195. 1929 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Setaria scalaris Peter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1 Anh.): 67. 1930 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006