| Cenchrus echinoides Wight ex Steud., 1840 |
| Cenchrus ekmanianus Hitchc., 1936 |
| Cenchrus elliotii Kunth, 1829 |
| Cenchrus granularis L., 1771 |
| Cenchrus hillebrandianus Hitchc., 1922 |
| Cenchrus humilis Hitchc., 1927 |
| Cenchrus incertus M.A. Curtis, 1837 |
| Cenchrus inflexus R. Br., 1810 |
| Cenchrus insularis Scribn., 1900 |
| Cenchrus laevigatus Trin., 1820 |
| Cenchrus lechleri Steud. ex Lechl., 1857 |
| Cenchrus longisetus M.C. Johnst., 1963 |
| Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald, 1943 |
| Cenchrus macrocarpus Ledeb. ex Steud., 1840 |
| Cenchrus macrourus (Trin.) Morrone, 2010 |
| Cenchrus michoacanus H.F. Gut. & Morrone, 2012 |
| Cenchrus microcephalus Nash ex Hitchc. & Chase, 1917 |
| Cenchrus multiflorus J. Presl, 1830 |
| Cenchrus muricatus Phil., 1870 |
| Cenchrus myosuroides Kunth, 1815 |