Cynosurus coracanus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 875. 1759.

["Habitat in India."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 107 (1762). RCN: 609.

Lectotype (Phillips in Kew Bull. 27: 254. 1972): [icon] " Gramen dactylon Orientale, majus, frumentaceum, semine Napi" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 91, f. 5. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 174. 1696. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 96: 74 (BM-SL) . - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 93: 189 (BM-SL).

Current name: Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. ( Poaceae).