Canna indica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 1. 1753.

"Habitat inter tropicos Asiae, Africae, Americae." RCN: 1.

Lectotype (Maas in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 29. 1993): Herb. A. van Royen No. 912.356-390 (L) .

Generitype of Canna Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 114. 1929).

Current name: Canna indica L. ( Cannaceae).

Note: Siddiqi (in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 74: 2. 1970) indicated Herb. Linn. 1.1 (LINN) as type but this collection is a post-1753 addition to the collection and ineligible as type. It is superseded by Maas’ type choice.