Borassus flabellifer Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 1187. 1753 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part B) Jarvis, Charlie 68PN9 L. Linnaeus 1753 Liliopsida Arecaceae Borassus Plantae Arecales Tracheophyta species flabellifer      Borassus flabelliferLinnaeus,  Species Plantarum2: 1187. 1753.  "Habitat in India." RCN: 8542.   Lectotype(Moore & Dransfield in Taxon28: 60, f. 2. 1979): [icon]  "Ampana"in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 1: 13, t. 10. 1678.   Generitypeof  BorassusLinnaeus.