Aira caryophyllea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 66. 1753.

"Habitat in Angliae, Germaniae, Galliae glareosis." RCN: 561.

Lectotype (Clayton in Milne-Redhead & Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Gramineae 1: 84. 1970): Herb. Linn. No. 85.22 (LINN) .

Current name: Aira caryophyllea L. ( Poaceae).