Paspalum pulchellum Kunth in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 2: 68. 1815 sec. Dávila & al. 2018
- =Reimaria elegans Humb. & Bonpl. ex Flüggé, Gram. Monogr., Paspalum: 216. 1810 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Paspalum tristachyum Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2) 2: 273. 1841 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Dichromus elegans (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Flüggé) Schltdl. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 17. 1852 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Paspalum arenicolum Müll. Hal. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 19(44): 325. 1861 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Anastrophus pulchellus Schltdl. ex Jackson, Index Kew. 1: 118. 1895 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006