Xeranthemum vestitum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 858. 1753 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part X) Jarvis, Charlie (L.) B. Nord. B. Nord. Linnaeus 1767 Magnoliopsida Asteraceae Syncarpha Plantae Asterales Tracheophyta species vestita      Xeranthemum vestitumLinnaeus,  Species Plantarum2: 858. 1753.  "Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6195.   Lectotype(designated here by Nordenstam): [icon] "  Xeranthemum frutescens, lanuginosum, foliis longis, mollibus, flore argenteo, amplissimo" in Burman, Rar. Afric. Pl.: 177, t. 66, f. 1. 1739.   Note:Hilliard & Burtt (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc.82: 251, 254. 1981) designated 990.3 (LINN) as lectotype. However, it lacks the relevant  Species Plantarumnumber (i.e. "3"), is a post-1753 addition to the collection, and is not original material for the name.