Festuca reptatrix Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 108. 1762.

"Habitat in Arabia, Palaestina." RCN: 615.

Lectotype (Snow in Caflferty & al. in Taxon 49: 250. 2000): Hasselquist, Herb. Linn. No. 92.20, left specimen (LINN) .

Current name: Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth subsp. fusca ( Poaceae).

Note: Although this name first appeared in Flora Palaestina: 13 (1756), it was a nomen nudum in that work, and therefore invalid. The binomial dates from 1762.