Orig. (Tüxen 1937): Panico-Chenopodietum polyspermi (Br.-Bl. 1921) Tx. 1937 (Panicum crus galli = Echinochloa crus-galli)
Syn.: Echinochloo cruris-galli-Setarietum viridis Kruseman et Vlieger in Sissingh et al. 1940, Oxalido-Chenopodietum polyspermi Sissingh in Westhoff et al. 1946, Oxalido-Chenopodietum polyspermi medioeuropaeum Tüxen 1950, Rorippo sylvestris-Chenopodietum polyspermi Köhler 1962
Formal definition: group Chenopodium polyspermum NOT group Amaranthus retroflexus NOT group Aphanes arvensis NOT group Chenopodium glaucum NOT group Cyperus fuscus NOT group Spergula arvensis NOT Chenopodium album agg. cover > 50 % NOT Echinocystis lobata cover > 25 %