Stipa spinifex Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 98; Mantissa Plantarum: 34. 1767.

"Habitat in Indiae arenosis maritimis." RCN: 663.

Lectotype (Heyligers in Cafferty & al. in Taxon 49: 257. 2000): [icon] " Cyperus littoreus echinato capite" in Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 6: 6, t. 2, f. 2. 1750.

Current name: Spinifex littoreus (Burm. f.) Merr. ( Poaceae).