Synonyms: Melinis argentea; Melinis brachyrhynchus; Melinis congesta; Melinis nitens; Melinis paupera; Melinis rosea; Melinis ruficoma; Melinis stolzii; Melinis ugandensis; Monachyron roseum; Monachyron tonsum; Panicum braunii (heterotypic); Panicum roseum (heterotypic); Panicum roseum f. hirtum; Panicum sphacelatum (heterotypic); Panicum teneriffae var. roseum; Panicum tonsum; Rhynchelythrum dregeanum; Rhynchelythrum dregeanum var. annuum; Rhynchelythrum dregeanum var. intermedium; Rhynchelythrum gossweileri; Rhynchelythrum repens var. roseum; Rhynchelythrum roseum (homotypic); Rhynchelythrum ruficomum (homotypic); Rhynchelythrum stolzii; Rhynchelythrum tonsum; Rhynchelytrum tonsum; Saccharum sphacelatum; Tricholaena atropurpurea; Tricholaena dregeana; Tricholaena fragilis; Tricholaena grandiflora var. collina; Tricholaena repens var. rosea; Tricholaena rosea; Tricholaena rosea var. ruderalis; Tricholaena rosea var. sphacelata; Tricholaena ruficoma; Tricholaena sphacelata; Tricholaena tonsa; Tricholaena tonsa var. submutica; Tricholaena violacea