Gnidia tomentosa Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 358. 1753 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part G) Jarvis, Charlie   Gnidia tomentosa Linnaeus ,  Species Plantarum 1 : 358. 1753 L. Linnaeus 1753 Magnoliopsida Thymelaeaceae Gnidia Plantae Malvales 529 Tracheophyta species tomentosa      Gnidia tomentosaLinnaeus,  Species Plantarum1: 358. 1753.  "Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 2834.   Neotype(Rogers in Rogers & Spencer in Taxon55: 486. 2006): South Africa. Western Cape Province, Kalk Bay Mountain, Cape Peninsula, above Boyes Drive, 2 Jun 1974, P. Goldblatt 2024(MO-2243060).   Note:Peterson (in Rechinger, Fl. Iranica95: 473, 476. 1959) noted the existence of three specimens in LINN. However, all are post-1753 additions to the herbarium, and Rogers therefore designated a neotype.