| Name | Cenchrus platyacanthus Andersson |
| Authorship | Andersson |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Cenchrus Linnaeus |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:395298-1 |
| Citation | 1854 Galapagos Veg. 139 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Cenchrus platyacanthus Andersson |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |