Paspalum vaginatum Sw., Prodr.: 21. 1788 sec. Dávila & al. 2018
- =Digitaria foliosa Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 4. 1816 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Digitaria tristachya (J. Leconte) Schult., Mant. 2: 261. 1824 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Paspalum brachiatum Trin. ex Nees, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 62. 1829 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Paspalum didactylum Salzm. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 20. 1854 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Panicum vaginatum (Sw.) Gren. & Godr., Fl. France Prosp. 3: 462. 1856 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Paspalum distichum var. tristachyum (J. Leconte) Alph. Wood, Class-book Bot. (ed. 1861): 783. 1861 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Paspalum distichum var. vaginatum (Sw.) Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 541. 1864 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Digitaria vaginata (Sw.) Magnier, Scrinia Fl. Select 6: 120. 1887 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Paspalum distichum var. littorale (R. Br.) F.M. Bailey, Queensland Grass.: 23. 1888 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Paspalum distichum var. nanum (Döll) Stapf, Fl. Cap. 7: 371. 1898 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Paspalum distichum subsp. vaginatum (Sw.) Maire in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 32: 217. 1941 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006