Lolium perenne Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 83. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa ad agrorum versuras solo fertili." RCN: 692.

Lectotype (Terrell, Taxon. Revis. Genus Lolium: 7. 1968): Herb. Linn. No. 99.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Lolium Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 121. 1929).

Current name: Lolium perenne L. ( Poaceae).

Note: See extensive review by Loos & Jarvis (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 108: 400, f. 1. 1992).