Phalaris aquatica Linnaeus, Centuria I Plantarum: 4. 1755.

"Habitat in Aegypto & ad Tyberin." RCN: 459.

Lectotype (Anderson in Iowa State J. Sci. 36: 43. 1961): Hasselquist, Herb. Linn. No. 78.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Phalaris aquatica L. ( Poaceae).

Note: See Baldini & Jarvis (in Taxon 40: 475-477. 1991) for an extensive review.