Helminthostachys zeylanica (L.) Hook.

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part O), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 696-717 : 713

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Osmunda zeylanica Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 2: 1063. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 7747.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Hermann 5: 272, No. 373 [icon] ( BM) .

Current name: Helminthostachys zeylanica (L.) Hook. ( Ophioglossaceae ).

Note: Van Ooststroom (in Blumea, Suppl. 1: 195. 1937) regarded a Hermann specimen in L as the type. However, it was almost certainly never seen by Linnaeus, a supposition borne out by Linnaeus’ statement (Fl. Zeylanica: 178. 1748) "Inter pictas Hermanni plantas est" implying he had seen only the drawing in the Hermann collection (now in BM) rather than a Hermann specimen.