| Name | Eragrostis patens Oliver |
| Authorship | Oliver |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Eragrostis Wolf |
| Contains | Eragrostis patens var. congoensis Franchet |
| Citation | 1875 Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 175 |
| Holdings | 6 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Eragrostis patens Oliver |
| Identification made in | [no date] (6) |