| Cymbopogon bracteatus (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Hitchc., 1913 |
| Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf, 1906 |
| Cymbopogon condensatus (Kunth) Spreng., 1825 |
| Cymbopogon foliosus (Kunth) Roem. & Schult., 1817 |
| Cymbopogon hirtus (L.) Thomson, 1863 |
| Cymbopogon hirtus subsp. villosum (Pignatti) Pignatti, 1977 |
| Cymbopogon humboldtii Spreng., 1815 |
| Cymbopogon melanocarpus (Elliott) Spreng., 1825 |
| Cymbopogon modicus De Wild., 1919 |
| Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle, 1899 |
| Cymbopogon pilosovaginatus De Wild., 1919 |
| Cymbopogon pubescens (Andersson) Fritsch, 1909 |
| Cymbopogon reflexus Roem. & Schult., 1817 |
| Cymbopogon rufus (Nees) Rendle, 1899 |
| Cymbopogon rufus var. fulvicomus (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Rendle, 1899 |
| Cymbopogon rufus var. major Rendle, 1899 |
| Cymbopogon ruprechtii (Hack.) Rendle, 1899 |
| Cymbopogon setifer (Pilg.) Pilg., 1917 |
| Cymbopogon transvaalensis (Stapf) Stapf ex Burtt Davy, 1912 |
| Cymbosetaria Schweick., 1936 |