Triticum caninum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 86. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae sepibus." RCN: 704.

Basionym of: Elymus caninus (L.) L. (1755) .

Lectotype (Cope & van Slageren in Cafferty & al. in Taxon 49: 258. 2000): Herb. Linn. No. 100.10 (LINN; iso- US, fragm.) .

Current name: Agropyron caninum (L.) P. Beauv. ( Poaceae).

Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 252. 1975) stated “Type:…LINN”, this is not accepted as a formal typification, for the reasons explained by Cafferty & al. (in Taxon 49: 240. 2000).