| Name | Brachiaria platytaenia Stapf | 
| Authorship | Stapf | 
| Rank | Species | 
| Placed in | Brachiaria | 
| Citation | 1919 Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.]. 9: 524 | 
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Brachiaria platytaenia Stapf | 
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |