Poa alpina Linnaeus var. vivipara Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 67. 1753.

RCN: 568.

Lectotype (Soreng in Cafferty & al. in Taxon 49: 254. 2000): Herb. Linn. No. 87.4, three left culms (LINN).

Current name: Poa alpina L. (Poaceae).