Malva spicata Linnaeus , Systema Naturae , ed. 10, 2 : 1146. 1759 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M) Jarvis, Charlie (L.) Fryxell Fryxell Linnaeus 1759 Magnoliopsida Malvaceae Melochia Plantae Malvales Tracheophyta species spicata      Malva spicataLinnaeus,  Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1146. 1759.  RCN: 5037.   Lectotype(Borssum Waalkes in Blumea14: 154. 1966): [icon] " Althaea spicata, betonicae folio villosissimo" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 218, t. 138, f. 1. 1707. -  Typotype: Herb. Sloane 5: 55 ( BM-SL).   Note:Bates (in Rhodora84: 196. 1982) treated material in Herb. Sloane (apparently in vol. 5: 56, BM-SL), identifiable as  Malvastrum americanum(L.) Torrey, as the lectotype, but it was never seen by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name. Krapovickas & Cristobal(in Bonplandia9: 257-258. 1997) argued that the type is 870.1 (LINN), another specimen of the same species, into the synonymy of which  Malva spicatawould then fall. However, the competing Sloane illustration is clearly an original element for the name and was formally chosen as the type by Borssum Waalkes in 1966. Later authors have not provided grounds for rejecting this choice. Sloane'splant is of the species formerly known as  Melochia villosa(Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle, for which the new combination  Melochia spicata(L.) Fryxellwas made in 1988. 2611895362 BM-SL 55 typotype