Senecio elegans L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part S), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 806-877 : 839

Senecio elegans Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 869. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6288.

Lectotype (Kippist in Harvey & Sonder, Fl. Cap. 3: 361. 1865): Herb. Linn. No. 996.31 ( LINN) .

Current name: Senecio elegans L. ( Asteraceae ).

Note: Although an unusually early typification, Kippist clearly referred to one of the Linnaean sheets as "the type specimen" and this appears to be a valid choice, pre-dating that of Belcher (in Fl. Australia 50: 617. 1994) who chose a Clifford sheet (BM).