Aristida adscensionis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 82. 1753.

"Habitat in Insula Adscensionis. Osbeck." RCN: 688.

Lectotype (Hitchcock in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 22: 541. 1924): Herb. Linn. No. 98.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Aristida Linnaeus.

Current name: Aristida adscensionis L. ( Poaceae).