Bromus racemosus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 114. 1762.

"Habitat in Anglia." RCN: 647.

Lectotype (Smith in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42: 499. 1985): Hudson 34, Herb. Linn. No. 93.31 (LINN) .

Current name: Bromus racemosus L. ( Poaceae).

Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 108. 1975) stated "Type: …LINN”, this is not accepted as a formal typification, for the reasons explained by Cafferty & al. (in Taxon 49: 240. 2000).