Lomelosia argentea (L.) Greuter & Burdet

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part S), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 806-877 : 823

Scabiosa argentea Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 100. 1753 .

"Habitat in Oriente." RCN: 815.

Neotype (Lack in Rechinger, Fl. Iranica 168: 41. 1991): Herb. Linn. No. 120.27 ( LINN) .

Current name: Lomelosia argentea (L.) Greuter & Burdet ( Dipsacaceae ).

Note: As there appears to be no original material in existence, Lack’s treatment of the post-1753 120.27 (LINN) as “typus” is accepted as a neotypification under Art. 9.8.