Asclepias purpurascens L., 1758

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

Asclepias amoena Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 214. 1753.

“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. ( 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.