| Name | Cenchrus echinatus Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Cenchrus Linnaeus |
| Contains | Cenchrus echinatus f. longispina Hackel |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316518-2 |
| Holdings | 12 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Cenchrus echinatus Linnaeus |
| Identification made in | [no date] (12) |