Sorghastrum Nash, Man. Fl. N. States: 71. 1901 sec. Soreng & al. 2015
- =Poranthera Raf. in Bull. Bot. (Geneve) 1: 221. 1830 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Dipogon Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2) 1: 518. 1840 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Sorghum sect. Sorghastrum (Nash) Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 111. 1917 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Sorghum subg. Sorghastrum (Nash) E. D. Garber in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 23(6): 324. 1950 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995