Aira spicata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 63. 1753, nom. inval.

"Habitat in India ." RCN: 485.

Type not relevant.

Current name: Sacciolepis indica (L.) Chase ( Poaceae).

Note: Linnaeus accidentally gave the epithet “spicata” to two species of Aira in 1753, Aira no. 1 (p. 63) and Aira no. 7 (p. 64). Realising this, he corrected the first of these to indica [ “indicum”] on p. 1231 of vol. 2 of the same work (Errata).