Agrostis canina L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 252-342 : 270

Agrostis canina Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 62. 1753 , typ. cons.

"Habitat in Europae pascuis humidiusculis." RCN: 538.

Conserved type ( Widén, Fl. Fennica 5: 29, f. 25. 1971): Herb. Burser I: 3 ( UPS) .

Generitype of Agrostis Linnaeus , nom. cons.

Current name: Agrostis canina L. ( Poaceae ).

Note: Agrostis canina , with the type designated by Widén, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 556. 1992) and this was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006).