Pteronia camphorata (Linnaeus) Linnaeus , Species Plantarum , ed. 2, 2 : 1176. 1763 Pterophora camphorata L. (1760) Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P) Jarvis, Charlie (L.) L. Linnaeus 1763 Linnaeus 1760 Magnoliopsida Asteraceae Pteronia Plantae Asterales Tracheophyta species camphorata      Pteronia camphorata(Linnaeus) Linnaeus,  Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1176. 1763.  "Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6076.  Basionym:  Pterophora camphorataL. (1760).    Lectotype(Lowrey in Jarvis & Turland in Taxon47: 365. 1998): Herb. Linn. No. 980.2 ( LINN).   Generitypeof  PteroniaLinnaeus, nom. cons.   Note: Pteronia Linnaeus (1763), nom. cons, against  PterophorusBoehm. (Oct 1760)and  PterophoraLinnaeus (Dec 1760).  Hutchinson & Phillips (in Ann. S. African Mus.9: 278. 1917) said that the genus is "founded by Linnaeus...on a figure published by Plukenet" which is "an excellent representation of  P. camphorataL.the type of the genus". However, the statement is not accepted here as effecting typification of the name. 2611900623 LINN 980.2 lectotype