Aira canescens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 65. 1753.

"Habitat in Scania & australioris Europae arvis." RCN: 559.

Lectotype (Cope in Cafferty & al. in Taxon 49: 244. 2000): Herb. Linn. No. 85.16 (LINN) .

Current name: Corynephorus canescens (L.) P. Beauv. ( Poaceae).

Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 121. 1975) stated "Type: …LINN”, this is not accepted as a formal typification, for the reasons explained by Cafferty & al. (in Taxon 49: 240. 2000).