Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce

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 : 674

Mimosa cineraria Linnaeus , Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1311. 1759.

["Habitat in India."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1500 (1763). RCN: 7661.

Replaced synonym: Mimosa cinerea L. (1753: 517, No. 10, non 1753: 520, No. 25).

Lectotype (Rico in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 476. 1997): [icon] "Acacia Maderaspat.spinosa Intsiae accedens, cortice cinereo, ramulis communi pediculo binis" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 2, f. 1. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 4. 1696. - Epitype (Rico in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 476. 1997): India. Jottian, April 1806, Wallich 5299a (K; iso-BM).

Current name: Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce ( Fabaceae : Mimosoideae ).

Note: Linnaeus simultaneously published both Mimosa cinerea L. (1753: 517, No. 10) and M. cinerea L. (1753: 520, No. 25). Realising his mistake, he renamed the former as M. cineraria L. (1759) and retained M. cinerea for the latter (see Art. 53.6 Ex. 19). Although the correct name for M. cinerea No. 10 in Prosopis is P. cinerea (L.) Druce , rather than P. cineraria (L.) Druce (Art. 53.6, Ex. 21), the use of P. cineraria is widespread, and Ali (in Taxon 53: 206. 2004) successfully proposed the rejection of M. cinerea (1753: 517, No. 10) to regularise this usage.