| Name | Pennisetum ruppellii Steudel |
| Authorship | Steudel |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Pennisetum Persoon |
| Citation | 1855 Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 107 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Pennisetum ruppellii Steudel |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1), 1914 (1) |