Paspalum scrobiculatum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 86; Mantissa Plantarum: 29. 1767.

"Habitat in India orientali." RCN: 468.

Lectotype (Clayton in Kew Bull. 30: 101. 1975): Herb. Linn. No. 79.4 (LINN).

Current name: Paspalum scrobiculatum L. (Poaceae).