Festuca spadicea Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 732. 1767.

"Habitat Monspelii. Gouan." RCN: 623.

Lectotype ( Kerguélen & Plonka in Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest, n.s., num. spéc ., 10: 243. 1989): Gouan s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 92.37 (LINN) .

Current name: Festuca paniculata (L.) Schinz & Thell. subsp. spadicea (L.) Litard. ( Poaceae).

Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 181. 1975) stated “Type:...LINN”, this is not accepted as a formal typification, for the reasons explained by Cafferty & al. (in Taxon 49: 240. 2000). Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 110: 4. 1983) suggested that the name should be rejected.