= Aira aquatica var. distans (Jacq.) Huds.; Fl. Angl (ed. 2) 34 (1778)
= Aira brigantiaca Chaix; D. Villars, Hist. Pl. Dauphiné [Villars] 1: 378 (1786), nomen
= Aira miliacea Vill.; Hist. Pl. Dauphiné [Villars] 2: 81 (1787)
= Atropis distans (Jacq.) Griseb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 388 (1852)
= Atropis distans proles intricata (Crép.) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 14: 196 (1913)
= Atropis distans f. litoralis Hack.; Kneucker, Gram. exs. (1901)
= Atropis distans subsp. brigantiaca K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. 1: 91 (1890)
= Atropis distans var. glauca Regel; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 623 (1881)
= Atropis distans var. halophila Trab.; Fl. Algérie [Battandier et al.] Monocot. 209 (1895), nomen
= Atropis distans var. minutula Husn.; Graminées 50 (1899)
= Atropis distans var. tenuis (R.Uechtr.) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 14: 195 (1913)
= Atropis embergeri H.Lindb.; Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 22 (1932), pro syn.
= Atropis fontqueri Maire; Cavanillesia 6: 21 (1933)
= Atropis glauca (Regel) V.I.Krecz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 2: 484, 762 (1934)
= Atropis intricata (Crép.) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 14: 196 (1913)
= Atropis limosa Degen, Flatt & Thaisz ex Hayek; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(3): 273 (1932), pro syn.
= Atropis pulvinata (Fr.) V.I.Krecz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 2: 478, 761 (1934)
= Atropis sevangensis (Grossh.) V.I.Krecz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 2: 486, 763 (1934)
= Catabrosa distans (Jacq.) Link; Linnaea 17: 405 (1844)
= Festuca distans (Jacq.) Kunth; Révis. Gramin. 1: 129 (1829)
= Festuca distans f. pallens Degen ex Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 2(1): 456 (1900)
= Glyceria borreri var. islandica Lange; Consp. Fl. Groenland. 3: 298 (1880), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Glyceria distans (Jacq.) Wahlenb.; Fl. Upsal. 36 (1820)
= Glyceria distans f. montana Waisb.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 47: 4 (1897)
= Glyceria distans f. pulvinata (Fr.) Neuman; Sver. Fl. 749 (1901)
= Glyceria distans subsp. parlatorei (Bég.) Bég.; Boll. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1908: 59 (1908)
= Glyceria distans var. angustifolia Blytt; Norges Fl. 1: 136 (1861)
= Glyceria distans var. arenaria Wahlenb.; Fl. Suec. [Wahlenberg] 1: 60 (1824)
= Glyceria distans var. glauca Regel; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 623 (1881)
= Glyceria distans var. intermedia Rouy; Rev. Sci. Nat. (Montpellier), Sér. 3, 3: 250 (1883)
= Glyceria distans var. miliacea (Vill.) Druce; Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 8: 141 (1926 publ. 1927)
= Glyceria distans var. minutula (Husn.) Douin; Bonnier, Fl. Ill. France 12: 26 (1933)
= Glyceria distans var. montana Waisb.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 47: 4 (1897)
= Glyceria distans var. pulvinata Fr.; Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 2: 11 (1839)
= Glyceria distans var. purpurea Westerl.; Bot. Not. 1863: 150 (1863)
= Glyceria distans var. reptans Laest.; C. J. Hartm., Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 5: 294 (1849)
= Glyceria distans var. tenuiflora Godr.; Fl. France [Grenier] 3: 536 (1856)
= Glyceria distans var. tenuis R.Uechtr.; F. Crépin, Notes Pl. Rar. Belgique 5: 229 (1865)
= Glyceria explanata Lindeb.; Bot. Not. 1898: 151 (1898)
= Glyceria intermedia C.Klinggr.; Fl. Preussen 491 (1848)
= Glyceria intricata Crép.; Mém. Couronnés Mém. Savants Étrangers Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles (8vo) 18: 237 (1866)
= Glyceria maritima var. distans (Jacq.) Bréb.; Fl. Normandie 381 (1835)
= Glyceria maritima var. virescens Lange; Consp. Fl. Groenland. 3: 168 (1880)
= Glyceria minutula Husn.; Graminées 50 (1898), pro syn.
= Glyceria parlatorei Bég.; Boll. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1908: 59 (1908)
= Glyceria reptans (Laest.) Krok; Bot. Not. 1899: 137 (1899)
= Glyceria retroflexa (Curtis) C.E.Salmon; J. Bot. 67: 243 (1929)
= Glyceria salina var. distans (Jacq.) Zabel; Arch. Vereins Freunde Naturgesch. Mecklenburg 13: 93 (1859), nom. illeg.
= Heleochloa distans (Jacq.) Fr.; Fl. Scan. 202 (1836)
= Hydrochloa distans (Jacq.) Hartm.; Gen. Gram. 8 (1819)
= Molinia distans (Jacq.) Hartm.; Handb. Skand. Fl. 56 (1820)
= Panicularia distans (Jacq.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 782 (1891)
= Phippsia capillaris subsp. pulvinata (Fr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Bot. Not. 128: 499 (1975 publ. 1976)
= Phippsia coarctata (Fernald & Weath.) Á.Löve; Taxon 19: 299 (1970)
= Phippsia distans (Jacq.) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 10(3): 274 (1975)
= Phippsia nutkaensis subsp. borealis (Holmb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Bot. Not. 128: 500 (1975 publ. 1976)
= Poa caduca Kit.; Linnaea 32: 311 (1864)
= Poa distans Jacq.; Observ. Bot. [Jacquin] 1: 42 (1764)
= Poa distans L.; Mant. Pl. 1: 32 (1767) [nom. illeg. superfl., non Jacq. 1764]
= Poa distans var. glauca Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 102 (1821 publ. 1822)
= Poa distans var. minor Parn.; Grass. Britain 218 (1845)
= Poa distans var. obtusa Parn.; Grass. Britain 216 (1845)
= Poa hybernica Willd. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 360 (1841), pro syn.
= Poa maritima var. distans (Jacq.) Duby; Bot. Gall., ed. 2, 1: 523 (1828)
= Poa miliacea (Vill.) Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 174 (1827), nom. illeg.
= Poa retroflexa Curtis; Fl. Londin. 6: t. 10 (1798)
= Poa retrofracta Stokes; W. Withering, Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 91 (1787)
= Poa salina Pollich; Hist. Pl. Palat. 1: 92 (1776)
= Puccinellia capillaris subsp. pulvinata (Fr.) Tzvelev; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 8: 80 (1971)
= Puccinellia coarctata Fernald & Weath.; Rhodora 18: 13 (1916)
= Puccinellia distans f. litoralis (Hack.) Holmb.; Bot. Not. 1916: 253 (1916)
= Puccinellia distans f. montana (Waisb.) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 117 (1971 publ. 1972)
= Puccinellia distans f. tenuis (R.Uechtr.) Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 117 (1971 publ. 1972)
= Puccinellia distans subsp. borealis (Holmb.) W.E.Hughes; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76: 363 (1978)
= Puccinellia distans subsp. glauca (Regel) Tzvelev; Zlaki S.S.S.R. 507 (1976)
= Puccinellia distans subsp. sevangensis (Grossh.) Tzvelev; Zlaki S.S.S.R. 508 (1976)
= Puccinellia distans subsp. tyriensis Galanin; Fl. Daurii 2: 114 (2009), nom. inval.
= Puccinellia distans var. angustifolia (Blytt) Holmb.; Skand. Fl. 2: 216 (1926)
= Puccinellia distans var. halophila (Trab.) Emb. & Maire; Cat. Pl. Maroc 4: 939 (1941)
= Puccinellia distans var. majoriflora Podp.; Kvetna Mor. Rakousk. Slezska 6: 178 (1926)
= Puccinellia distans var. picbaueri Podp.; Kvetena Moravy 6: 179 (1926)
= Puccinellia distans var. retroflexa (Curtis) Wolley-Dod; Fl. Sussex 516 (1937)
= Puccinellia distans var. tenuis (R.Uechtr.) Fernald & Weath.; Rhodora 18: 12 (1916)
= Puccinellia embergeri H.Lindb.; Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 22 (1932)
= Puccinellia festuciformis subsp. borealis (Holmb.) W.E.Hughes; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76: 363 (1978)
= Puccinellia filiformis Keng; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 28: 303 (1938)
= Puccinellia fontqueri (Maire) Ponert; Feddes Repert. 84: 739 (1974)
= Puccinellia glauca (Regel) V.I.Krecz. ex Drobow; Fl. Uzbekist. 1: 252 (1941)
= Puccinellia intricata (Crép.) Ponert; Feddes Repert. 84(9-10): 739 (1974)
= Puccinellia parlatorei (Bég.) Cif. & Giacom.; Nomenclator Fl. Ital. 1: 39 (1950)
= Puccinellia picbaueri Podp.; Acta Soc. Sci. Nat. Morav. 2: Fasc. 10, 449 (1926), in syn.
= Puccinellia pseudoconvoluta Klokov; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Kazakhsk. S.S.R. 12: 44 (1950)
= Puccinellia pulvinata (Fr.) Tzvelev; Arktichesk. Fl. S.S.S.R. 2: 202 (1964), isonym
= Puccinellia pulvinata (Fr.) V.I.Krecz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 2: 478 (1934), pro syn.
= Puccinellia retroflexa (Curtis) Holmb.; C. A. M. Lindm., Svensk. Fanerogamfl. 97 (1918)
= Puccinellia retroflexa subsp. borealis Holmb.; Bot. Not. 1926: 182 (1926)
= Puccinellia retroflexa var. pulvinata (Fr.) Holmb.; Lindman, Svensk. Fanerogamfl. 97 (1918)
= Puccinellia retroflexa var. virescens (Lange) Holmb.; Bot. Not. 1926: 182 (1926)
= Puccinellia sevangensis Grossh.; Fl. Kavkaza 1: 114 (1928), et J. Soc. Bot. Russe 14: 300 (1929 publ. 1930)
= Puccinellia suksdorfii H.St.John; N. W. Sci. 2(3): 80 (1928)
= Sclerochloa distans (Jacq.) Bab.; Man. Brit. Bot. 370 (1843)
= Sclerochloa multiculmis subsp. distans (Jacq.) Syme; J. E. Sm., Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 11: 104 (1873)
= Sclerochloa multiculmis Syme; J. E. Sm., Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 11: 103 (1873), nom. illeg.
= Sclerochloa multiculmis var. distans (Jacq.) Syme; Eng. Bot. (ed. 3b) 11: 104 (1873)
= Sclerochloa multiculmis var. obtusa (Parn.) Syme; 105 (1877), nom. illeg.