Alopecurus pratensis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 60. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae pratis." RCN: 514.

Lectotype (Cope in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 17. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 82.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Alopecurus Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 119. 1929).

Current name: Alopecurus pratensis L. ( Poaceae).

Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 79. 1975) stated "Type: …LINN”, this is not accepted as a formal typification, for the reasons explained by Cafferty & al. (in Taxon 49: 240. 2000).