Helianthus tuberosus L., 1753

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 : 564

Helianthus tuberosus Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 905. 1753.

"Habitat in Brasilia." RCN: 6540.

Lectotype (Cockerell in Amer. Naturalist 53: 188. 1919): [icon] "Flos Solis Farnesianus, Aster Peruan. tuberosus" in Colonna, Ekphr., ed. 2: 11, 13. 1616.

Current name: Helianthus tuberosus L. ( Asteraceae ).