| Name | Pennisetum americanum (Linnaeus) Leeke |
| Authorship | (Linnaeus) Leeke |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Pennisetum Persoon |
| Citation | 1907 Z. Naturwiss. 79: 52 |
| Holdings | 8 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Pennisetum americanum (Linnaeus) Leeke |
| Identification made in | [no date] (5), 1914 (2), 1990 (1) |