Cometes surattensis Linnaeus , Mantissa Plantarum : 39. 1767 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C) Jarvis, Charlie 5ZQJG L. Linnaeus 1767 Magnoliopsida Caryophyllaceae Cometes CoL Plantae Caryophyllales Tracheophyta species surattensis      Cometes surattensisLinnaeus,  Mantissa Plantarum: 39. 1767.  "Habitat in Suratte." RCN: 995.   Lectotype(Gilbert in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg.127: 36. 1993): [icon] "  Cometes surattensis" in Burman, Fl. Indica: 39, t. 15, f. 5. 1768.   Generitypeof  CometesLinnaeus.   Note:In 1767, Linnaeus simultaneously published two different epithets for this taxon:  C. alterniflora(in Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 2: 127) and  C. surattensis(in Mant. Pl.: 39). The latter name has been treated as the generitype, and is the name in current use. Rechinger ( Fl. Iranica144: 23. 1980) indicated Garcin material (G) as type but Linnaeus would not have seen this collection and it is not part of the original material.