| Name | Melinis tenuissima Stapf |
| Authorship | Stapf |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Melinis |
| Citation | 1900 Hooker's Icon. Pl. 27: t. 2660 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Melinis tenuissima Stapf |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |