Panicum lineare Linnaeus, 1762

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 718-782 : 721

Panicum lineare Linnaeus , Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 85. 1762.

"Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 490.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Note: This name has variously been identified with the genera Cynodon and Digitaria but, in the absence of original material, its application remains uncertain. It may prove to be a candidate for rejection.