Asclepias purpurascens L., 1753

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 : 320-321

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Asclepias amoena Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 1: 214. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in America septentrionali." RCN: 1774.

Lectotype (Reveal & al. in Huntia 7: 155. 1987): [icon] " Apocynum floribus amoene purpureis, corniculis surrectis" in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 31, t. 27, f. 30. 1732. - Typotype: Herb. Sherard No. 569 ( OXF) .

Current name: Asclepias purpurascens L. View in CoL View at ENA ( Asclepiadaceae ).

Note: See Gray (in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 67. 1876) and Britten (in J. Bot. 36: 298. 1898) who both use the expression "founded upon" (which is not accepted as equivalent to “type”) in connection with the cited Dillenius plate.