Centranthera indica (L.) Gamble, 1924

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part R), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 785-805 : 793

Rhinanthus indicus Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 603. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 4377.

Lectotype (Cramer in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 396. 1981): Herb. Hermann 2: 22, No. 238 (BM-000621584) .

Current name: Centranthera indica (L.) Gamble ( Scrophulariaceae ).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “indica” in the protologue.

Although Cramer indicated the type in the Hermann herbarium (BM) as "Mus. No. 20", the only material that could have been intended is that in vol. 2: 22, comprising two closely associated specimens and this material is therefore accepted as the type.