Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch., Nomencl. Bot. 3: 10. 1797 sec. Dávila & al. 2018
- =Lagurus cylindricus L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 2) 2: 878. 1759 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Saccharum cylindricum (L.) Lam., Encycl. 1: 594. 1783 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Imperata arundinacea Cirillo, Pl. Rar. Neapol. 2: 27, t. 11. 1792 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv., Nomencl. Bot. 3: 10. 1797 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Calamagrostis lagurus (L.) Koeler, Descr. Gram.: 112. 1802 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Saccharum europeaum Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 103. 1805 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Imperata arundinacea var. africana Andersson in Öfvers. Förh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. 12: 159. 1855 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Imperata arundinacea var. indica Andersson in Öfvers. Förh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. 12: 160. 1855 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Imperata cylindrica var. africana (Andersson) C.E. Hubb. in Joint Publ. Imp. Agric. Bur. 7: 10, t. 3, f. 2. 1944 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006