Aira caerulea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 63. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae pascuis aquosis." RCN: 550.

Basionym of: Melica caerulea (L.) L. (1774) .

Lectotype (Trist & Sell in Watsonia 17: 154. 1988): Herb. Linn. No. 85.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench ( Poaceae).

Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 213. 1975) stated "Type: …LINN”, this is not accepted as a formal typification, for the reasons explained by Cafferty & al. (in Taxon 49: 240. 2000).