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).