Poa pratensis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 67. 1753, nom. cons.

"Habitat in Europae pratis fertilissimis." RCN: 571.

Conserved type (Soreng & Barrie in Taxon 48: 157. 1999): Russia. Prov. Sanct-Petersburg, 5km australi-occidentem versus a st. viae ferr. Mga, pratulum ad ripam dextram fl. Mga, 26 Jun 1997, Tzvelev N-257 (BM-000576302; iso- B, C, CAN, CONC, H, K, KW, L, etc.).

Generitype of Poa Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 120. 1929).

Current name: Poa pratensis L. ( Poaceae).