Dactylis cynosuroides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 71. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia, Canada, Lusitania." RCN: 600.

Lectotype (Hitchcock in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 121. 1908): Clayton 577, Herb. Linn. No. 90.1 (LINN; iso- BM, US) .

Current name: Spartina cynosuroides (L.) Roth ( Poaceae).