== Synonyms ==
*''Andropogon afzelianus'' Rendle (1893), *''Anadelphia arrecta'' (Stapf) Stapf (1919), *''Pobeguinea afzeliana'' (Rendle) Jac.-Fél. (1950), *''Hypogynium arrectum'' (Stapf) Roberty (1960).
== Vernacular names ==
*Thatch grass (En).
== Origin and geographic distribution ==