Pancratium maritimum L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 718-782 : 719

Pancratium carolinianum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 291. 1753 .

"Habitat in Jamaica, Carolina." RCN: 2322.

Lectotype (Dandy, Sloane Herbarium: 112. 1958): [icon] " Lilio-Narcissus Polianthus, flore albo " in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 2, App.: 5, t. 5. 1747.

Current name: Pancratium maritimum L. ( Liliaceae / Amaryllidaceae ).

Note: The taxonomic identity of the type has provoked differences of opinion, with many authors (e.g. Howard & Staples in J. Arnold Arbor. 64: 513. 1983) treating it as Hymenocallis carolinianum (L.) Herb. but others (e.g. Smith & Garland in Taxon 52: 814. 2003) arguing that it is a depiction of Pancratium maritimum .