Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P) Author Jarvis, Charlie Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK text 2007 Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum London Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types 718 782 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Panax quinquefolius Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 1058. 1753 . "Habitat in Canada, Pensylvania, Virginia." RCN: 7711. Lectotype (Reveal in Phytologia 71: 473. 1991): Kalm , Herb. Linn. No. 1237.1 ( LINN ; iso- BM ) . Generitype of Panax Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. : 194. 1929). Current name: Panax quinquefolius L. ( Araliaceae ). Note: Specific epithet spelled "quinquefolium" in the protologue.