Andropogon virginicus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1046. 1753.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 7554.

Lectotype (Hitchcock in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 125. 1908): Herb. Linn. No. 1211.12 (LINN) .

Current name: Andropogon virginicus L. ( Poaceae).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “virginicum” in the protologue.