Panicum miliaceum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 58. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 497.

Lectotype (Sherif & Siddiqi in El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 145: 282. 1988): Herb. Linn. No. 80.49 (LINN) .

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

Current name: Panicum miliaceum L. ( Poaceae).

Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 220. 1975) indicated unspecified material in LINN as type, this is not accepted as an effective typification (Art. 7.11). See Cafferty & al. (in Taxon 49: 240. 2000) for a detailed explanation.