PlantaePoalesPoaceaeSaarelaJeffery M.BullRoger D.ParadisMichel J.EbataSharon N.Paul M. PetersonSorengRobert J.PaszkoBeataMolecular phylogenetics of cool-season grasses in the subtribes Agrostidinae, Anthoxanthinae, Aveninae, Brizinae, Calothecinae, Koeleriinae and Phalaridinae (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae, Poeae chloroplast group 1)PhytoKeys9102017201787113910.3897/phytokeys.87.12774 Deschampsia ovata urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77165982-1 (J. Presl) Saarelacomb. nov.Basionym.

Deyeuxia ovata J. Presl, Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(4–5): 246. 1830. Calamagrostis ovata (J. Presl) Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2) 1: 251. 1840. Stylagrostis ovata (J. Presl) Mez, Bot. Arch. 1(1): 20. 1922. Type: Peru: in montanis Peruviae huanoccensibus, Haenke s.n. (syntypes: BR! [0000006865689], HAL! [HAL0107127], PR, PRC, US! [US-3099580 barcode 00406354 (fragm.)], W! [W18890241741, W-0009755). The protologue cites a gathering but not a specimen, thus there is no holotype or isotypes, despite the interpretations of some authors.