Stipa tenacissima Linnaeus, Centuria I Plantarum: 6. 1755.
"Habitat in Hispaniae collibus sabulosis." RCN: 659.
Lectotype ( Vázquez & al. in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 52: 184. 1995): Löfling 556b, Herb. Linn. No. 94.7, right specimen (LINN) .
Current name: Macrochloa tenacissima (L.) Kunth ( Poaceae).