Blechum pyramidatum (Lam.) Urb.

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 : 802

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Ruellia blechum Linnaeus View in CoL , Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1120. 1759.

["Habitat in America meridionali."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 885 (1763). RCN: 4606.

Lectotype (Wasshausen in Jansen-Jacobs, Fl. Guianas, ser. A, 23: 20. 2006): [icon] " Prunella elatior flore albo" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 173, t. 109, f. 1. 1707. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 3: 56 ( BM-SL) .

Current name: Blechum pyramidatum (Lam.) Urb. View in CoL ( Acanthaceae ).

Note: Daniel (in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 48: 255. 1995) discussed the typification of this name, concluding that only one or the other of the cited Sloane and Plumier illustrations would be a logical choice as lectotype.