54. Illecebrum lanatum (L.) L.,

Syst. Veg. ed. 13: 206. 1774 [cited in Nat. Hist. II(7): Aanwyz. Plaat. [2], 708, tab. 43, fig. 2. 1777].

≡ Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. in Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15 bis, 5: 564. 1819.

Notes. – LINNAEUS (1771: 344) based Illecebrum lanatum on Achyranthes lanata L. (LINNAEUS, 1753: 204). IAMONICO (2014: 407) erroneously lectotypified it with “ Amaranthus spicatus zeylanicus, foliis obtusis” (BURMAN, 1737, vol. 1: tab. 26, fig. 1), which in fact depicts material of A. sicula (L.) All.

Two specimens in the Ceylon Herbarium were annotated by Houttuyn and Thunberg as Achyranthes lanata (G-PREL [G00818010, G00818011]). Another specimen is in L (L-902.283-2). Specimens from Ceylon and Java are in the Thunberg herbarium (UPS-THUNB n° 5986 and n° 5987).