Polianthes tuberosa 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 : 754

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4371735
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Polianthes tuberosa Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 316. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in India." RCN: 2486.

Lectotype (Verhoek in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 78. 1993): Herb. Hermann 3: 34, No. 125 (BM-000594676) .

Generitype of Polianthes Linnaeus.

Current name: Polianthes tuberosa L. ( Agavaceae ).

Note: Enayet Hossain & El-Gadi (in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 121: 18. 1986) indicated 437.1 (LINN) as type but this lacks a Species Plantarum number (i.e. “1”) and is a post-1753 addition to the collection and not original material. Several authors have discussed the early literature surrounding this name including Trueblood (in Econ. Bot. 27: 165. 1973), and Ullrich (in Herbertia 49: 50-57. 1994), who lists many early illustrations, including a Clusius plate cited by Linnaeus, which is also reproduced by Ramón-Laca (in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 57: 100. 1999).