Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A) Author Jarvis, Charlie Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK text 2007 Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum London Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types 252 342 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Achyranthes aspera Linnaeus var. sicula Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 :204. 1753 . RCN: 1654. Type not designated. Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 287.1 ( LINN ) ; [icon] in Boccone, Icon. Descr. Rar. Pl. Siciliae: 16, 17, t. 9. 1674; [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 260, f. 2. 1694; Almag. Bot.: 26. 1696. Current name: Achyranthes sicula (L.) All. ( Amaranthaceae ). Note: Townsend (in Bosser & al., Fl. Mascareignes 142: 21. 1994) stated "Type: Amaranthus radice perpetua, t. 9 in Herb. Boccone (P. holo.: photo.!)" but it is unclear if this is a copy of Boccone's published figure (in which case it can be the type), or a specimen (which would not have been seen by Linnaeus and therefore cannot be the type).