Festuca amethystina Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 74. 1753.

"Habitat in Italia, Gallia, Anglia." RCN: 619.

Lectotype ( Kerguélen & Plonka in Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest, n.s., num. spéc ., 10: 117. 1989): [icon] "Gramen montanum, foliis capillaceis, longioribus, panicula heteromalla, spadicea & veluti Amethystina" in Scheuchzer, Agrostographia: 276, t. 6, f. 7. 1719. - Epitype (Scholz in Cafferty & al. in Taxon 49: 250. 2000): Switzerland. Fribourg au Breitfeld, 670m, 8 Jun 1928, Jacquet s.n. (B).

Current name: Festuca amethystina L. subsp. amethystina ( Poaceae).