| Name | Pennisetum purpurascens (Thunberg) Makino |
| Authorship | (Thunberg) Makino |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | LaterHomonym |
| Placed in | Pennisetum Persoon |
| Remarks | non Kunth, 1816 |
| Citation | 1912 Bot. Mag. (Tokyo), Special Issue 26: 294 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Pennisetum purpurascens (Thunberg) Makino |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |