Phalaris utriculata Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 869. 1759.

["Habitat in Italia."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 80 (1762). RCN: 461.

Lectotype (Cope in Cafferty & al. in Taxon 49: 253. 2000): [icon] " Gramen pratense spica purpurea, ex utriculo prodeunte" in Bauhin, Theatri Bot.: 44. 1658. - Epitype (Cope in Cafferty & al. in Taxon 49: 253. 2000): France. Prairies des bords de la Saône, à Pontanevaux pres Mâcon ( Saône-et-Loire), May 1879, F. Lacroix s.n. (K).

Current name: Alopecurus rendlei Eig ( Poaceae).

Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 79. 1975) stated "Type: …LINN”, this is not accepted as a formal typification, for the reasons explained by Cafferty & al. (in Taxon 49: 240. 2000).