Bromus ramosus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 98; Mantissa Plantarum: 34. 1767, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Oriente. D. Schreber." RCN: 650.

Lectotype (Schippmann in Cafferty & al. in Taxon 49: 248. 2000): Schreber, Herb. Linn. No. 93.41 (LINN) .

Current name: Brachypodium retusum (Pers.) P. Beauv. ( Poaceae).

Note: A later homonym of B. ramosus Huds. (1762) and hence illegitimate.