Aira aquatica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 64. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae pascuis aquosis." RCN: 553.

Lectotype (Sherif & Siddiqi in El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 145: 84. 1988): Herb. Linn. No. 85.6 (LINN) .

Current name: Catabrosa aquatica (L.) P. Beauv. ( Poaceae).

Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 115. 1975) stated "Type: …LINN”, this is not accepted as a formal typification, for the reasons explained by Cafferty & al. (in Taxon 49: 240. 2000).