Andropogon nutans Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1045. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia, Jamaica." RCN: 7547.

Lectotype (Hitchcock in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 125. 1908): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 1211.3 (LINN; iso- US) .

Current name: Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash ( Poaceae).

Note: Baum (in Canad. J. Bot. 45: 1850. 1967) rejected Hitchcock’s typification, proposing instead that Sloane’s cited t. 14, f. 2 (1707) should be the type. However, the material designated as type was evidently original material for A. nutans, and so Hitchcock’s choice has priority. Later authors concurring with Hitchcock’s choice include Voss (in Michigan Bot. 11: 31. 1972), McVaugh, (Fl. Novo-Galiciana 14: 142. 1983) and Veldkamp (in Taxon 33: 97. 1984).