| Name | Brachypodium flexum var. abyssinicum Hochstetter |
| Authorship | Hochstetter |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Brachypodium flexum Nees |
| Citation | 1842 Schimperi Iter Abyssinicum 2: n.° 674 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Brachypodium flexum var. abyssinicum Hochstetter |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |