Poa amabilis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 68. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 576.

Lectotype (Veldkamp in Cafferty & al. in Taxon 49: 254. 2000): Herb. Hermann 2: 59, No. 46 (BM-000621703) .

Current name: Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees ( Poaceae).

Note: Henrard (in Blumea 3: 423. 1940) indicated unspecified material at LINN as type, but there is no relevant original material extant there, 87.22 (LINN) being annotated only by J.E. Smith. Clayton (in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Gramineae 2: 212. 1974) indicated both the cited Hermann and Plukenet elements as syntypes.