Coix lacryma-jobi Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 972. 1753.

"Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 7052.

Lectotype (Clayton & Renvoize in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Gramineae 3: 857. 1982): Herb. Linn. No. 1098.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Coix Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 187. 1929).

Current name: Coix lacryma-jobi L. ( Poaceae).

Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 120. 1975) stated "Type: …LINN”, this is not accepted as a formal typification, for the reasons explained by Cafferty & al. (in Taxon 49: 240. 2000).