Saccharum spicatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 54. 1753.

"Habitat in Indiae petrosis." RCN: 455.

Lectotype (Clayton in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Gramineae 2: 395. 1974): [icon] “Tsjeria-kuren-pullu” in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 12: 117, t. 62. 1693.

Current name: Perotis indica (L.) Kuntze ( Poaceae).

Note: Veldkamp & van Steenbergen (in Austrobaileya 3: 610. 1992) treated 77.5 (LINN) as the type but their choice is pre-dated by that of Clayton.