Setaria sphacelata var. sericea (R.E. Massey ex Stapf) Clayton in Kew Bull. 33(3): 506. 1979 sec. Dávila & al. 2018
- =Setaria anceps Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9(5): 793-794. 1930 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Setaria anceps var. sericea R.E. Massey ex Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9(5): 794. 1930 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Setaria sphacelata var. anceps (Stapf) Veldkamp in Blumea 39(1-2): 382. 1994 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006