Aspalathus uniflora L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 252-342 : 324-325

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Aspalathus uniflora Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 2: 712. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 5228.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Plukenet, Amalth. Bot.: t. 413, f. 7. 1705; Almag. Mant.: 88. 1700 - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 102: 197 ( BM-SL) .

Current name: Aspalathus uniflora L. View in CoL View at ENA ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Note: Although Dahlgren (in Opera Bot. 10(1): 85. 1965) indicated Herb. Linn. 295.13 ( S) as the type, it is unannotated by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name. Dahlgren added that 893.34 (LINN), variously annotated with the epithets coronopifolia, ericifolia and uniflora, did not fit the protologue (though it is a good match for Linnaeus’ much-changed account of the species in Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1001. 1763), and that both the cited Plukenet illustration and its voucher material in Herb. Sloane 102: 197 ( BM-SL) belong to A. macrantha Harv. As A. uniflora is in currrent use, it may be that a conservation proposal will be necessary.