Cenchrus echinatus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1050. 1753 sec. Dávila & al. 2018
- =Cenchrus pungens Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 1: 115. 1815 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cenchrus cavanillesii Tausch in Flora 20: 97. 1837 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cenchrus macrocarpus Ledeb. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2) 2: 317. 1840 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cenchrus lechleri Steud. ex Lechl., Berberid. Amer. Austr.: 56. 1857 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cenchrus brevisetus E. Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 50. 1886 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cenchrus echinatus var. morisonii Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 765. 1891 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cenchrus echinatus var. brevisetus (E. Fourn.) Scribn. in Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 2(1): 26. 1900 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cenchrus insularis Scribn. in Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 2(1): 26-27, t. 58. 1900 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cenchrus hillebrandianus Hitchc. in Mem. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 8(3): 211, f. 106. 1922 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cenchrus echinatus var. glabratus F. Br., Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 84: 66. 1931 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006