Jatropha gossypiifolia L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part J), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 599-607 : 599

Jatropha gossypiifolia Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 1006. 1753, typ. cons.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 7290.

Conserved type (Scott in Bosser & al., Fl. Mascareignes 160: 82. 1982): Herb. Linn. No. 1141.1 ( LINN) .

Generitype of Jatropha Linnaeus , nom. cons.

Current name: Jatropha gossypiifolia L. ( Euphorbiaceae ).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “gossypifolia” in the protologue.

Jatropha gossypiifolia , with 1141.1 (LINN) as the type (incorrectly attributed to Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 104. 1983) was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 564. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006).