Cenchrus myosuroides Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 1: 115-116, t. 35. 1815 sec. Dávila & al. 2018
- =Pennisetum myosuroides (Kunth) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 303. 1825 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cenchrus elliotii Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 51. 1829 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cenchrus alopecuroides J. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1(4-5): 317. 1830 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cenchrus setoides Buckley, Prelim. Rep. Surv. Texas: App. 2. 1866 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006
- =Cenchropsis myosuroides (Kunth) Nash, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 109. 1327. 1903 syn. sec. Dávila & al. 2006