⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-432634, with some changes.

Pennisetum cenchroides var. echinoides (Steud.) Hook.f. is a synonym of Cenchrus pennisetiformis Steud.

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as a synonym (record 432634) with original publication details: Fl. Brit. India 7: 88 1896.