Firmiana simplex (L.) W. Wight

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 : 570

Hibiscus simplex Linnaeus , Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 977. 1763.

"Habitat in Asia." RCN: 5083.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Current name: Firmiana simplex (L.) W. Wight ( Sterculiaceae ).

Note: See notes by Ridley (in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 215. 1934) and a detailed discussion by Kostermans (in Reinwardtia 4: 305-306. 1957), who concluded that 875.12 and 875.13 (LINN) were "the type" of the name. However, these specimens do not appear to be original material for the name and, as they are not part of a single gathering, Kostermans’ statement cannot be accepted as a neotypification (Art. 9.8).