Desmodium triquetrum (L.)

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part H), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 557-585 : 562

Hedysarum triquetrum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 746. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 5504.

Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4: 39. 1920; Pedley in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 472. 1997): Herb. Hermann 4: 18, No. 286, left specimen (BM-000628081) .

Current name: Desmodium triquetrum (L.) DC. ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Note: Fawcett & Rendle (Fl. Jamaica 4: 39. 1920) indicated Herb. Hermann material (BM) as type. Although there is material in more than one volume, it appears to have been part of a single gathering. Consequently, theirs is accepted as the first typification (Art. 9.15), with the choice subsequently restricted by Pedley. The choice of Herb. Linn. 921.20 ( LINN) by Dy Phon (in Morat, Fl. Cambodge Laos Viêtnam 27: 52. 1994) post-dates that of Fawcett & Rendle.