Heteropogon melanocarpus (Elliott) Benth. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19(115-116): 71. 1881 sec. Dávila & al. 2018
- ≡Andropogon melanocarpus Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1(2): 146. 1816 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Stipa melanocarpa Muhl., Descr. Gram.: 183. 1817 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cymbopogon melanocarpus (Elliott) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 289. 1825 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Trachypogon scrobiculatus Nees, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 347. 1829 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Heteropogon acuminatus Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2(3): 254. 1832 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Andropogon scrobiculatus (Nees) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 507. 1883 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Heteropogon scrobiculatus (Nees) E. Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 64. 1886 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Sorghum melanocarpum (Elliott) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792. 1891 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Heteropogon melanocarpus (Muhl.) Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2(3): 493. 1894 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Spirotheros melanocarpus Raf. ex B.D. Jacks., Index Kew. 2: 967. 1895 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006