37. Lantana nivea Vent., Jard. Malmaison 1: tab. 8. 1803.

Lectotypus (designated here): [BRAZIL]: Hort. Malmaison, Ventenat s.n. (G [G00341488]!; isolecto-: G [G00341487]!).

Notes. – Ventenat stated that he had received material of this plant from gardens in the East Indies but it seems clear that the plant originated in southern Brazil (Sanders, 2006). The latter author did not locate the holotype and designated the colour copper engraving in Ventenat’s Jardin de Malmaison (1803: tab. 8) as the lectotype and also designated as the epitype a plant cultivated in Paris held at C (Siebke s.n.). The finding of the type material in Ventenat’s herbarium supersedes this lectotypification. Two collections exists in Ventenat’s herbarium. The better preserved sheet is designated here as the lectotype.