Saccharum spontaneum Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 183. 1771.

"Habitat in Malabariae aquosis. Koenig." RCN: 452.

Lectotype (Cope in Nasir & Ali, Fl. Pakistan 143: 263. 1982): Herb. Linn. No. 77.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Saccharum spontaneum L. ( Poaceae).

Note: Although the same type choice was made by both Cope and Clayton & Renvoize (in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Gramineae 3: 704) in 1982, that of Cope was published earlier.