Anthoxanthum odoratum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 28. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae pratis." RCN: 227.

Lectotype (Cope in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 19. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 46.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Anthoxanthum Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 117. 1929).

Current name: Anthoxanthum odoratum L. ( Poaceae).

Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 82. 1975) stated "Type: …LINN”, this is not accepted as a formal typification, for the reasons explained by Cafferty & al. (in Taxon 49: 240. 2000).