When I made the combination Setaria palmifolia (Koenig) Stapf var. blepharoneuron (in Saw et al., 1988), I attributed the basionym S. neurodes Schult var. blepharoneuron to Andersson (1861). After all he stated ‘Varietates mihi sunt:’ Dr. H. Scholz (B) has now pointed out that Andersson’s whole discussion is a verbatim copy of the annotations made previously by A. Braun (1856). Fortunately this does not invalidate the combination, as it may be regarded as a bibliographical error covered by Art. 33.2 (cf. Example 5), and only the bracketed author has to change. The correct citation therefore is: