Portlandia grandiflora Linnaeus , Systema Naturae , ed. 10, 2 : 928. 1759
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P)
Jarvis, Charlie
L.
Linnaeus
1759
Magnoliopsida
Rubiaceae
Portlandia
GBIF,CoL,IPNI
Plantae
Gentianales
Tracheophyta
species
grandiflora
Portlandia grandifloraLinnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 928. 1759.
["Habitat in Jamaica."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 244 (1762). RCN: 1357.
Lectotype(Aiello in J. Arnold Arbor.60: 100. 1979): [icon] " Portlandiafoliis majoribus nitidis ovatis oppositis, floribus amplissimis"in Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 164, t. 11. 1756.