Arundo donax Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1:81. 1753.

"Habitat in Hispania, Galloprovincia." RCN: 683.

Lectotype (Renvoize in Jarvis & al., Regnum veg. 127: 21. 1993): Herb. A. van Royen No. 912.356-93 (L) .

Generitype of Arundo Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 121. 1929).

Current name: Arundo donax L. ( Poaceae).

Note: Although a number of authors including Meikle (Fl. Cyprus 2: 1838. 1985) and Sherif & Siddiqi (in El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 145: 206. 1988) indicated material in LINN as type, none of the three sheets (97.3, 97.4 and 97.5) there is original material for the name, and Renvoize’s choice therefore has priority.