Panicum alakaiense Skottsb. , Acta Horti Gothob. 15: 294. 1944.
Type information:
Holotype [BISH]. L.M. Cranwell , O. Selling and C. Skottsberg 2969. 16 August 1938. Kaua`i: Alakai, bog along trail from Lehua makanoe toward Kilohana. Isotype(s) [BISH!].

Note: check lit., specimen ok.

=Dichanthelium cynodon
Note: check lit., specimen ok.

*Verification: Clark, C.A. & F.W. Gould. 1978. Brittonia 30:54-59.