Poa chinensis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 69. 1753.

"Habitat in India. Osbeck." RCN: 580.

Lectotype (Phillips in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Gramineae 2: 279. 1974): Osbeck s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 87.32 (LINN) .

Current name: Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees ( Poaceae).