Tetracera volubilis L., 1758

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part T), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 878-905 : 880

Tetracera volubilis Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 533. 1753, nom. cons.

“Habitat in Barbados, Vera Cruce, Marilandia.” RCN: 3960.

Conserved type (Barrie & Todzia in Taxon 40: 652. 1991): Mexico. Veracruz, Zacuapan, Sulphur Spring, Dec 1906, Purpus 2206 (F; iso- US).

Generitype of Tetracera Linnaeus.

Current name: Tetracera volubilis L. ( Dilleniaceae ).

Note: Barrie & Todzia (in Taxon 40: 652–655. 1991) provided an extensive review of this name along with their conservation proposal.