Cymbopogon Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 14. 1815 sec. Soreng & al. 2015
- =Andropogon subg. Cymbopogon (Spreng.) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill: 109. 1841 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Andropogon sect. Cymbopogon (Spreng.) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 383. 1855 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Cymbanthelia Andersson in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 2: 254. 1856 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995
- =Gymnanthelia Andersson in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 229. 1867 syn. sec. Valdés Reyna & Dávila 1995