7. Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K.Koch

Dendrologie 2 (2): 6 (Koch 1873). – Carpinus virginiana Mill., The Gardeners Dictionary ed. 8, no. 6 (Miller 1768). – Zugilus virginica Raf., Florula Ludoviciana: 159 (Rafinesque 1817) orth. var., nom. illegit. superfl. – O. ostrya var. virginiana (Mill.) C.K.Schneid., Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde 1: 143 (Schneider 1904) nom. inval. (tautonym). – Type: [Cult. garden specimen], 1740, Chelsea Physic Garden 938 (lecto-, designated by Reveal (1990): BM001041898!). – Note: in his protologue, Miller only cited a Plukenet (1692) drawing, which does not correspond well to what is today considered as O. virginiana . Reveal (1990) found a matching typotype (H.S. 95:143, BM- SL) that turned out to be O. carpinifolia Scop., and three specimens from that era that Miller might have had seen (but without actual evidence) of what is now considered O. virginiana . Nevertheless, the proposal to conserve the name with a new type was rejected, and it was decided that one of the specimens should serve as lectotype (Brummitt 1993).