Uvaria zeylanica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 536. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 3987.

Lectotype (Huber in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 5: 17. 1985; Kessler in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 97. 1993): Herb. Hermann 5: 163, No. 224 [icon] (BM) .

Generitype of Uvaria Linnaeus (vide Hutchinson in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1923: 256. 1923).

Current name: Uvaria zeylanica L. ( Annonaceae).

Note: Huber indicated material from several volumes of Herb. Hermann material (BM) as type. However, as it appears to have been part of a single gathering, his statement is accepted as the first typification (Art. 9.15), with the choice subsequently restricted by Kessler.