Melochia tomentosa L., 1759

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 651-689 : 664

Melochia tomentosa Linnaeus , Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1140. 1759.

["Habitat in America meridionali."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 943 (1763). RCN: 4925.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 855.3 ( LINN) ; Herb. Linn. No. 855.2 ( LINN) ; [icon] in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 220, t. 139, f. 1. 1707.

Current name: Melochia tomentosa L. ( Sterculiaceae ).

Note: Goldberg (in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 34: 330. 1967) noted the two sheets at LINN but referred to neither as the type. Fryxell (in McVaugh, Fl. Novo-Galiciana 3: 136. 2001) indicated 855.2 (LINN) as lectotype, but this choice was published after 1 Jan 2001 and so the omission of the phrase "designated here" or an equivalent (Art. 7.11) means that it is not effective.