Agrostis indica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 63. 1753. "Habitat in India." RCN: 547. Lectotype (Baaijens & Veldkamp in Blumea 35: 422. 1991): Clayton 460b, Herb. Linn. No. 84.36 (LINN). Current name: Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. (Poaceae). Note: Hitchcock (in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 120. 1908) designated 84.35 (LINN) as the type, but this is a Patrick Browne collection that was not acquired by Linnaeus until 1758, and so cannot be original material for the name. Parham (in Smith, Fl. Vitiensis Nova 1: 308. 1979) stated "Apparently a Sloane specimen from Jamaica is the principal basis of Linnaeus’ species" but Linnaeus did not study this material, and Parham’s statement in any case falls short of formal typification.

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), pp. 252-342 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 270, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971