Rhus lucida L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part R), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 785-805 : 795

Rhus lucida Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 267. 1753 .

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 2127.

Lectotype (Moffett in Leistner, Fl. Southern Africa 19(3:1): 79. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 111, Rhus 6 α (BM-000558433) .

Current name: Rhus lucida L. ( Anacardiaceae ).

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

Fernandes (in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 41: 13. 1967) indicated a lectotype in Herb. Clifford ( BM), but did not distinguish between several specimens there associated with this name. As they are evidently not part of a single gathering, Art. 9.15 does not apply. Wijnands (Bot. Commelins: 41. 1983) stated that one of the Clifford specimens is labelled as lectotype but, though one is determined by him, it merely states that it is the specimen closest to 378.29 (LINN).