Stipa capillata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 116. 1762.

"Habitat in Germania, Gallia." RCN: 657.

Lectotype (Freitag in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42: 453. 1985): Herb. Burser I: 127 (UPS) .

Current name: Stipa capillata L. ( Poaceae).

Note: See discussion by Vázquez & al. (in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 52: 181-182. 1995).