• Pennisetum L.C. Richard in Persoon, 1805
• Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng.
• Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke accepted as Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.
• Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link
• Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov.
• Pennisetum complanatum (Nees) Hemsl.
• Pennisetum divisum
• Pennisetum flaccidum Griseb.
• Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.
• Pennisetum incomptum Nees. in Stend.
• Pennisetum latifolium Spreng.
• Pennisetum macrostachyum (Brongn.) Trin.
• Pennisetum macrourum Trin.
• Pennisetum mosaic virus
• Pennisetum nervosum (Nees) Trin.
• Pennisetum orientale Rich.
• Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin.
• Pennisetum petiolare (Hochst.) Chiov.
• Pennisetum polystachyon (L.) J.A. Schultes
• Pennisetum purpureum Schumacher
• Pennisetum respiciens A. Rich. accepted as Setaria adhaerens (Forsk.) Chiov.
• Pennisetum ruppelii Steud. accepted as Pennisetum setaceum (Forsk.) Chiov.
• Pennisetum schimperi Steud.
• Pennisetum setaceum (Forsk.) Chiov.
• Pennisetum setosum (Sw.) L.C. Rich. accepted as Pennisetum polystachyon (L.) J.A. Schultes
• Pennisetum typhoides auct. non (Burm.) Stapf & C.E. Hubbard accepted as Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.
• Pennisetum villosum R. Br. ex Fresen.