Heteropogon contortus (L.) Roem. & Schult.

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 : 290-291

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Andropogon contortus Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 2: 1045. 1753.

"Habitat in India ." RCN: 7544.

Lectotype (Cope in Nasir & Ali, Fl. Pakistan 143: 312. 1982): [icon] "Gram. Secalinum, Indicum, spica gracili, tomentoso, aristis longioribus, ad se invicem intortis" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 191, f. 5. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 173. 1696. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 92: 78; 96: 69 (BM-SL).

Current name: Heteropogon contortus (L.) Roem. & Schult. View in CoL View at ENA ( Poaceae ).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “contortum” in the protologue. Cope’s type choice (Jun 1982) narrowly pre-dates the same choice made by Clayton & Renvoize (in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Gramineae 3: 827. Nov 1982).