Imperata contracta (Kunth) Hitchc. in Annual Rep. Missouri Bot. Gard. 1893: 146. 1893 sec. Dávila & al. 2018
- ≡Saccharum contractum Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 1: 182. 1815 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Saccharum dubium Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 183. 1815 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Saccharum caudatum G. Mey., Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 68. 1818 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Anatherum berteroanum Spreng. ex Schult., Mant. 2: 443. 1824 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Anatherum caudatum (G. Mey.) Schult., Mant. 2: 445. 1824 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Anatherum portoricense Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 290. 1825 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Imperata caudata (G. Mey.) Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2(3): 331. 1832 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Imperata longifolia Pilg. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(1): 136. 1901 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Imperata contracta (Kunth) Kuhlm. in Comm. Lin. Telegr., Bot. 67(Bot. 11): 90. 1922 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Saccharum cylindricum var. contractum (Kunth) Roberty in Boissiera 9: 375. 1960 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Saccharum cylindricum var. longifolium (Pilg.) Roberty in Boissiera 9: 375. 1960 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Imperata flexuosa Swallen in Phytologia 14(2): 87. 1966 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006