| Name | Pennisetum purpureum Schumacher | 
| Authorship | Schumacher | 
| Rank | Species | 
| Placed in | Pennisetum Persoon | 
| Citation | 1827 Beskr. Guin. Pl. 44 | 
| Holdings | 3 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Pennisetum purpureum Schumacher | 
| Identification made in | [no date] (3) |