Avena pensylvanica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 79. 1753.

"Habitat in Pensylvania. Kalm." RCN: 667.

Lectotype (Hitchcock in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 123. 1908): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 95.3 (LINN; iso- BM?, UPS) .

Current name: Sphenopholis pensylvanica (L.) Hitchc. ( Poaceae).