| 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) |