Lagurus cylindricus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 878. 1759.

["Habitat Monspelii, Creta, Smyrnae. D. Gerardus."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 120 (1762). RCN: 681.

Lectotype (Clayton & Renvoize in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Gramineae 3: 700. 1982): Herb. Linn. No. 96.2 (LINN) .

Current name: Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch. ( Poaceae).

Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 197. 1975) stated "Type: …LINN”, this is not accepted as a formal typification, for the reasons explained by Cafferty & al. (in Taxon 49: 240. 2000).