Cenchrus myosuroides Kunth var. myosuroides, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 1: 115-116, t. 35. 1815 sec. Dávila & al. 2018
- =Pennisetum pungens Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 54. 1818 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Setaria elliottiana Roem. & Schult., Mant. 2: 279. 1824 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cenchrus scabridus Arechav. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 556, t. 12. 1897 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cenchrus ekmanianus Hitchc., Man. Grasses W. Ind.: 361. 1936 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006