Panicum ramosum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 88; Mantissa Plantarum: 29. 1767.

"Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 494.

Lectotype (Cope in Nasir & Ali, Fl. Pakistan 143: 207. 1982): Herb. Linn. No. 80.44 (LINN) .

Current name: Brachiaria ramosa (L.) Stapf ( Poaceae).

Note: The typification of this name is attributable to Cope (June 1982), who published it some months ahead of Clayton & Renvoize (in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Gramineae 3: 599. 5 November 1982).