Hymenocallis caribaea (L.) Herb.

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 718-782 : 719

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Pancratium caribaeum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 291. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in Jamaica, Caribaeis." RCN: 2320.

Lectotype (Howard in J. Arnold Arbor. 60: 295. 1979): [icon] " Narcissus Americanus flore multiplici albo hexagono odorato " in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 2: 173, t. 87. 1701.

Current name: Hymenocallis caribaea (L.) Herb. ( Liliaceae / Amaryllidaceae ).

Note: See discussion of the original elements by Sealy (in Kew Bull. 9: 220. 1954), who uses the name in the sense of Commelin’s plant, but does not formally call the latter the type.