Phragmites karka (Retz.) Steud.

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 252-342 : 320

Arundo vallatoria Linnaeus , Herbarium Amboinense: 15. 1754, nom. inval.

Type not relevant.

Current name: Phragmites karka (Retz.) Steud. ( Poaceae ).

Note: Veldkamp (in Blumea 37: 232-233. 1992) has argued that " Arundo vallatoria Pluk. ", from the right-hand column of names in the thesis Herbarium Amboinense (1754: 15), is a valid Linnaean binomial based on Rumphius’ 4: t. 5, and an earlier name for the plant known as Phragmites karka Retz. He therefore made a new combination for it as P. vallatoria (Pluk. ex L.) Veldk. However , it seems clear that Linnaeus was merely citing " A. vallatoria, Pluk., Mant. 28" as a synonym of Rumphius’ plant, the binomial form of Plukenet’s name being merely a coincidence. Apart from the reprint of the thesis (Amoen. Acad. 4: 115. 1759), Linnaeus never used the name again, and it is in any case invalid (see Art. 34.1, Ex. 2).