Annona squamosa 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 : 297

Annona squamosa Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 537. 1753 .

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 3990.

Lectotype (designated here by Rainer): [icon] "Anona, foliis odoratis minoribus, fructu conoide squammoso parvo dulci" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 168, t. 227, excl. leaves/branch. 1725. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 7: 96 ( BM-SL) .

Current name: Annona squamosa L. ( Annonaceae ).

Note: Although Fawcett & Rendle (Fl. Jamaica 3: 197. 1914) and later authors including Keraudren-Aymonin (in Bosser & al., Fl. Mascareignes 34: 2. 1980) treated material in Herb. Sloane as type, this would not have been seen by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name. Le Thomas (in Aubréville, Fl. Gabon 16: 325. 1969) indicated unspecified material in LINN as the type but the only sheet there associated with this name (708.6) lacks the relevant Species Plantarum number (i.e. “3”) and was a post-1753 addition to the herbarium, and is also not original material for the name. Smith (Fl. Vitiensis Nova 2: 40. 1981) suggested that the cited Sloane plate would perhaps be the most suitable choice of type and this is now formalised here.