Briza bipinnata Linnaeus, Flora Palaestina: 12. 1756.

"Habitat in Herjil. Aegypt. Aegypt. frequ. Palaest. rar." RCN: 597.

Basionym of: Uniola bipinnata (L.) L. (1762) .

Lectotype (Danin in Cafferty & al. in Taxon 49: 248. 2000): Hasselquist, Herb. Linn. No. 89.2 (LINN) .

Current name: Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf ( Poaceae).