Digitaria Haller, Hist. Stirp. Helv. 2: 244. 1768 sec. Soreng & al. 2015
- =Valota Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 495. 1763 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Sanguinella Gleichen, Neuste Reich. Pl. 2: 4. 1764 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Syntherisma Walter, Fl. Carol.: 76. 1788 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Acicarpa Raddi, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl.: 31, t. 1, f. 4. 1823 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Trichachne Nees, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 85. 1829 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Gramerium Desv. in Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 165. 1831 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Panicum subg. Digitaria (Haller) A. Gray, Manual: 611. 1848 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Elytroblepharum (Steud.) Schltdl. in Linnaea 26(5): 533. 1855 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Panicum sect. Elytroblepharum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 37. 1855 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Eriachne Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 36: 207. 1870 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Digitarieae (Haller) Benth., Fl. Austral. 7: 464. 1878 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Sanguinaria Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 4: 256. 1901 syn. sec. ???
- =Leptoloma Chase in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 19(34): 191-192. 1906 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Paspalum subg. Digitaria (Haller) A. Camus in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 216. 1912 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Digitariopsis C.E. Hubb. in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 35: 3420. 1940 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Digitariella De Winter in Bothalia 7: 467. 1961 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995