Checklist of Plants of India

Centotheca lappacea (L.) Desv., Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 189. 1810.

Cenchrus lappaceus L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2. 2: 1488. 1763.

var. lappacea
Almost throughout India.

var. longilamina (Ohwi) Bor, Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan , 459. 1960.
Centotheca longilamina   Ohwi, Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. Natl., No. 18. 10. . 1947.
Andaman & Nicobar Islands.