⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-432976, with some changes.

Pennisetum spicatum var. fallax (Fig. & De Not.) T.Durand & Schinz is a synonym of Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich.

This name is a synonym of Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich..

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as a synonym (record 432976) with original publication details: Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 785 1894.