Holcus spicatus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1305. 1759.

["Habitat in India."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1484 (1763). RCN: 7564.

Lectotype (Davidse in Dassanayake & al., Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 8: 363. 1994): [icon] "Gr. Alopecuroid. spica max. Ind. Orient." in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 32, f. 4. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 174. 1696.

Current name: Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. ( Poaceae).

Note: See notes and discussion by Chase (in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 22: 216. 1920; Amer. J. Bot. 8: 44, 48. 1921) and Terrell (in Taxon 25: 297-304. 1976).