Pennisetum Rich., Syn. Pl. 1: 72. 1805 sec. Soreng & al. 2015
- =Penicillaria Willd., Enum. Pl.: 1036. 1809 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Gymnotrix P. Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 59. 1812 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Gymnothrix Spreng., Anleit. Kenntn. Gew. (ed. 2) 2(1): 154. 1817 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Catatherophora Steud. in Flora 12: 465. 1829 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Pentastachya Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2) 2: 299. 1841 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Sericura Hassk. in Flora 25(Beibl. 2): 2. 1842 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Loydia Delile, Ind. Sem. Horti. Monsp. [3]. 1844 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Beckeropsis Fig. & De Not., Agrostogr. Aegypt 2: 49. 1853 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Eriochaeta Fig. & De Not. in Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino, ser. 2, 14: 374. 1854 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Macrochaeta Steud., Syst. Verz.: 60. 1854 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Amphochaeta Andersson in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1853: 136. 1855 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Pennisetum sect. Brevivalvula Döll, Fl. Bras. 2(2): 305. 1877 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Pennisetum sect. Longivalvula Döll, Fl. Bras. 2(2): 308. 1877 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995