Synonymy
Eragrostis Wolf, Gen. Pl.: 23. 1776
- =Erochloe Raf., Neogenyton: 4. 1825
- =Exagrostis Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2) 1: 622. 1840
- =Macroblepharus Phil. in Linnaea 29(1): 100. 1858
- =Eragrostis sect. Megastachya (P. Beauv.) Benth., Fl. Austral. 7: 642, 645. 1878
- =Vilfagrostis Döll, Fl. Bras. 2(3): 137. 1878
- =Triphlebia Stapf, Fl. Cap. 7: 318. 1898
- =Stiburus Stapf, Fl. Cap. 7(4): 696-697. 1900
- =Acamptoclados Nash, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 139, 1327. 1903
- =Neeragrostis Bush in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 13(7): 178. 1903
- =Erosion Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 221. 1915
- =Thellungia Stapf in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1920(3): 97, f. 1–11. 1920
- =Boriskellera Terechov, Del. Sem. Hort. Reg. Bot. Kujbyshev: 13. 1938
- =Diandrochloa De Winter in Bothalia 7(2): 387-388. 1960
- =Psilantha (K. Koch) Tzvelev in Bot. Žhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 53: 311. 1968
- =Roshevitzia Tzvelev in Bot. Žhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 53: 311. 1968
- =Eragrostis subsect. Megastachya (P. Beauv.) Benth.
