Tournefortia hirsutissima 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 : 890

Tournefortia hirsutissima Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 140. 1753, typ. cons.

“Habitat in America calidiore.” RCN: 1133.

Conserved type (Johnston in J. Arnold Arbor. 30: 133. 1949): [icon] “ Tournefortia caule hirsuto” in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 226, t. 229. 1760.

Generitype of Tournefortia Linnaeus , nom. cons.

Current name: Tournefortia hirsutissima L. ( Boraginaceae ).

Note: Tournefortia hirsutissima , with the type designated by Johnston, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 571. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l. c. 55: 795–796. 2006).