Lobelia cliffortiana Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 931. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part L)
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L.
Linnaeus
1753
Magnoliopsida
Campanulaceae
Lobelia
Plantae
Asterales
Tracheophyta
species
cliffortiana
Lobelia cliffortianaLinnaeus, Species Plantarum2: 931. 1753.
"Habitat in Virginia, Canada." RCN: 6753.
Lectotype(Stearn, Introd. Linnaeus'Sp. Pl.(Ray Soc. ed.): 47. 1957): [icon] " Lobeliacaule erecto, foliis cordatis obsolete dentatis petiolatis, corymbo terminatrice"in Linnaeus, Hort. Cliff.: 426, t. 26. 1738.
Note:Rendle (in J. Bot.73: 273. 1935; in Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica7: 142. 1936) stated that the name was based on the Clifford plate, also noting good material in the Clifford herbarium (BM). However, he did not explicitly indicate a type.