Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br., Prodr. 1: 195. 1810 sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Alopecurus typhoides Burm. f., Fl. Indica: 27. 1768 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Penicillaria spicata (L.) Willd., Enum. Pl.: 1037. 1809 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Panicum spicatum (L.) Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 7. 1814 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Panicum compressum Balb. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2) 2: 254. 1841 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Chamaeraphis glauca (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 767. 1891 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Pennisetum spicatum var. typhoideum (Rich.) T. Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 785. 1894 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Ixophorus glaucus (L.) Nash in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22(10): 423. 1895 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Chaetochloa glauca (L.) Scribn. in Bull. Div. Agrostol., U.S.D.A. 4: 39. 1897 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke subsp. americanum in Z. Naturwiss. 79: 52. 1907 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Setariopsis glauca (L.) Samp., Herb. Port.: 4. 1914 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Pennisetum americanum subsp. typhoideum (Rich.) Maire & Weiller, Fl. Afrique N. 1: 339. 1952 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Pennisetum americanum var. spicatum (L.) Tzvelev in Novosti Sist, Vysš. Rast. 8: 72. 1971 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013